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WONDER STORIES
THE BEST MYTHS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Iris crossing the Rainbow Bridge. Page 222
WONDER STORIES
THE BEST MYTHS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY
Author: "For the Children's Hour," "For the Story Teller,"
"Stories Children Need," "Tell Me Another Story,"
"Stories of Great Adventures," etc.
WITH SIX PICTURES IN COLORS
By CLARA M. BURD
1920
MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
Copyrighted, 1920 by
MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY
Springfield, Mass.
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All Rights Reserved
Bradley Quality Books
for Children
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| How the Myths Began | 7 |
| What Prometheus Did with a Bit of Clay | 13 |
| The Paradise of Children.—Nathaniel Hawthorne | 22 |
| What Became of the Giants | 33 |
| How Vulcan Made the Best of Things | 40 |
| How Orion Found His Sight | 48 |
| The Wonders Venus Wrought | 56 |
| Where the Labyrinth Led | 65 |
| How Perseus Conquered the Sea | 74 |
| Pegasus, the Horse Who Could Fly | 84 |
| How Mars Lost a Battle | 92 |
| How Minerva Built a City | 102 |
| Cadmus, the Alphabet King | 113 |
| The Picture Minerva Wove | 120 |
| The Hero with a Fairy Godmother | 126 |
| The Pygmies.—Nathaniel Hawthorne | 136 |
| The Horn of Plenty | 148 |
| The Wonder the Frogs Missed | <|