parts of the myth remain unaltered.
CHURCH, A.J. (p. 125)
The AEneid for Boys and Girls.
Macmillan. 1.50
The famous wanderings are retold from Virgil in simple language.
Twelve illustrations in color accompany the text.
CHURCH, A.J.
The Iliad for Boys and Girls.
Macmillan. 1.50
In a straightforward manner Mr. Church relates the incidents of the
great siege. The volume contains twelve colored illustrations.
HARRIS, J.C.
*Nights with Uncle Remus.
Houghton. 1.50
This second book of folk-lore is supplementary to Uncle Remus; His
Songs and His Sayings, and gives a large number of additional myths
and legends of the South.
HUTCHINSON, W.M.L.
The Golden Porch.
Longmans. 1.40
In adding one more to the innumerable collections of stories from
the Greek, I have hoped to break fresh ground by reproducing the
myths of Pindar's Odes, as far as possible in a free translation,
and with such additions only as were needed to form a framework.
Some of these legends are already wholly or partly familiar, but
several will be new, I think, to English readers.--_Preface._
These old tales are rendered in exquisite language. They include,
among others, the stories of Tantalus, the Heavenly Twins, Jason, (p. 126)
and the Pansy Baby. The poet was bidden to prepare the Ode, from which
this last story is taken, in honor of a friend's victory in the Olympic
Games. The illustrations are in terra-cotta and black.
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
The Second Jungle Book.
Century. 1.50
Telling more of Mowgli, the child of the jungle, and his brethren the
wild creatures of the forest; together with other marvellous animal
stories.
"Now these are the Laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty
are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and
the hump is--Obey!"
MARVIN, F.S., R.J.C. MAYOR, and F.M. STAWELL (Editors).
The Adventures of Odysseus.
Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Dutton. 1.50
It has been our aim in this book to reproduce the substance of
Homer's Odyssey in simple modern English. We have not hesitated
to omit and compress where we thought fit, but we have done our
best to make a faithful t
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