The author in this volume has united metaphor with scientific
facts.... She has laid under contribution the latest scientific
authorities, and believes that this book will be found abreast of
the science of to-day, holding ever to truth as it now presents
itself, and never sacrificing facts to the allegory.--_Preface._

Dr. Wood-Allen uses the simile of a house in explaining in a clear and
interesting manner much about our body and its functions. Part Second
is devoted to the articles we make use of: those which are (p. 212)
beneficial, and especially those which are more or less harmful; as
tea, coffee, tobacco, and alcohol.

MYTHOLOGY, FOLK-LORE, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES

"I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown,
I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down."

BULFINCH, THOMAS.
The Age of Fable.
Edited by E.E. Hale.
Lothrop. 1.25

This book is an enlarged and revised edition of a book published,
with the same title, by the late Thomas Bulfinch, of Boston, in
the year 1855.... What Mr. Bulfinch wanted to do, and succeeded
in doing, was to connect the old stories with modern literature.
His book, therefore, not only interests young people in the
classical authors, but it turns their attention to many of the
best authors of their own language and of our time.--_Preface._

In the revision the list of poets cited has been increased from forty
to sixty-three, and the portion treating of Northern, Oriental, and
Egyptian mythologies, rewritten. The illustrations are from classical
sources.

POETRY, COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE, AND STORIES ADAPTED FROM (p. 213)
GREAT AUTHORS

And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
SHAKSPERE.

NORTON, C.E. (Editor).
Heart of Oak Books. Volume VII.
Masterpieces of Literature.
Heath. .60

The youth who shall become acquainted with the contents of these
volumes will share in the common stock of the intellectual life
of the race to which he belongs; and will have the door opened to
him of all the vast and noble resources of that life.--_Preface._

SCOTT, WALTER.
The Lady of the Lake.