MYTHS AND LEGENDARY HEROES

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
Vésèvde
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 by Mary Macgregor

Theseus
Adapted by Mary Macgregor

Hercules
Adapted by Thomas Cartwright

The Perilous Voyage of Æneas
Adapted by Alice Zimmern

How Horatius Held the Bridge
Adapted by Alfred J. Church

How Cincinnatus Saved Rome
Adapted by Alfred J. Church


HEROES OF GREAT BRITAIN

Beowulf
Adapted by H.E. Marshall

How King Arthur Conquered Rome
Adapted by E. Edwardson

Sir Galahad and the Sacred Cup
Adapted by Mary Macgregor

The Passing of Arthur
Adapted by Mary Macgregor

Robin Hood
Adapted by H.E. Marshall

Guy of Warwick
Adapted by H.E. Marshall

Whittington and His Cat
Adapted by Ernest Rhys

Tom Hickathrift
Adapted by Ernest Rhys


HEROES OF SCANDINAVIA

The Story of Frithiof
Adapted by Julia Goddard

Havelok
Adapted by George W. Cox and E.H. Jones

The Vikings
Adapted by Mary Macgregor


HERO OF GERMANY

Siegfried
Adapted by Mary Macgregor


HERO OF FRANCE

Roland
Adapted by H.E. Marshall


HERO OF SPAIN

The Cid
Adapted by Robert Southey


HERO OF SWITZERLAND

William Tell
Adapted by H.E. Marshall


HERO OF PERSIA

Rustem
Adapted by Alfred J. Church




ILLUSTRATIONS

JASON SNATCHED OFF HIS HELMET AND HURLED IT (Frontispiece)

OUT FLEW A BRIGHT, SMILING FAIRY

HE CAUGHT HER IN HIS ARMS AND SPRANG INTO THE CHARIOT

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI

THE PRINCESS LABAM ... SHINES SO THAT SHE LIGHTS
UP ALL THE COUNTRY

HIAWATHA IN HIS CANOE

SO DANAE WAS COMFORTED AND WENT HOME WITH DICTYS

ORPHEUS SANG TILL HIS VOICE DROWNED THE SONG OF THE SIRENS

THEY LEAPT ACROSS THE POOL AND CAME TO HIM

THESEUS LOOKED UP INTO HER FAIR FACE

SIR GALAHAD

ROBIN HOOD IN AN ENCOUNTER

THE HERO'S SHINING SWORD PIERCED THE HEART OF THE MONSTER

WILLIAM TELL AND HIS FRIENDS

(Many of the illustrations in this volume are reproduced by special
permission of E.P. Dutton & Company, owners of American rights.)





INTRODUCTION


With such a table of contents in front of this little foreword, I am
quite sure that few will pause to consider my prosy effort. Nor can I
blame any readers who jump over my head, when they may sit beside kind
old Baucis, and drink out of her miraculous milk-pitcher, and hear
noble Philemon talk; or join hands with Pandora and Epimetheus in
their play before the fatal box was opened; or, in fact, be in the
company of even the most awe-inspiring of our heroes and heroines.