or of "How to Get Strong and How to Stay So."

WILLIAM DAVENPORT HULBERT, Writer of Animal Stories.

JOSEPH JACOBS, Folklore Writer and Editor of the "Jewish
Encyclopedia."

MRS. VIRGINIA TERHUNE ("Marion Harland"), Author of "Common Sense in
the Household," etc.

MARGARET E. SANGSTER, Author of "The Art of Home-Making," etc.

SARAH K. BOLTON, Biographical Writer.

ELLEN VELVIN, Writer of Animal Stories.

REV. THEODORE WOOD, F.E.S., Writer on Natural History.

W.J. BALTZELL, Editor of "The Musician."

HERBERT T. WADE, Editor and Writer on Physics.

JOHN H. CLIFFORD, Editor and Writer.

ERNEST INGERSOLL, Naturalist and Author.

DANIEL E. WHEELER, Editor and Writer.

IDA PRENTICE WHITCOMB, Author of "Young People's Story of Music,"
"Heroes of History," etc.

MARK HAMBOURG, Pianist and Composer.

MME. BLANCHE MARCHESI, Opera Singer and Teacher.

CONTENTS

Introduction

MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME

Baucis and Philemon
Adapted by C.E. Smith

Pandora
Adapted by C.E. Smith

Midas
Adapted by C.E. Smith

Cadmus
Adapted by C.E. Smith

Proserpina
Adapted by C.E. Smith

The Story of Atalanta
Adapted by Anna Klingensmith

Pyramus and Thisbe
Adapted by Alice Zimmern

Orpheus
Adapted by Alice Zimmern

MYTHS OF SCANDINAVIA

Baldur
Adapted from A. and E. Keary's version

Thor's Adventure among the Jotuns
Adapted by Julia Goddard

The Apples of Idun
Adapted by Hamilton Wright Mabie

The Gifts of the Dwarfs

The Punishment of Loki
Adapted from A. and E. Keary's version

MYTHS OF INDIA

The Blind Man, The Deaf Man, and the Donkey
Adapted by M. Frere

Harisarman

Why the Fish Laughed

Muchie Lal
Adapted by M. Frere

How the Rajah's Son Won the Princess Labam
Adapted by Joseph Jacobs

MYTHS OF JAPAN

The Jellyfish and the Monkey
Adapted by Yei Theodora Ozaki

The Old Man and-the Devils

Autumn and Spring
Adapted by Frank Kinder

The Vision of Tsunu
Adapted by Frank Kinder

The Star-Lovers
Adapted by Frank Kinder

MYTHS OF THE SLAVS

The Two Brothers
Adapted by Alexander Chodsko

The Twelve Months
Adapted by Alexander Chodsko

The Sun; or, the Three Golden Hairs of the Old Man
Vesevde
Adapted by Alexander Chodsko

A MYTH OF AMERICA

Hiawatha
Adapted from H.R. Schoolcraft's version

HEROES OF GREECE AND ROME

Perseus
Adapted by Mary Macgregor

Odysseus
Adapted by Jeanie Lang

The Argonauts
Adapted