A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
- A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
"A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys" (1852) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is a re-writing of some of the most famous of the ancient Greek myths in a volume for children. It was followed by a sequel, "Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls".
The stories are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Cousin Eustace is telling these stories to small children at Tanglewood.
It covers the myths of
*The Gorgon's Head
*The Golden Touch
*The Paradise of Children
*The Three Golden Apples
*The Miraculous Pitcher
*The Chimæra
External links
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/haw8210.txt The Gorgon's Head]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/haw8410.txt The Three Golden Apples]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/haw8510.txt The Miraculous Pitcher]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/haw8310.txt The Paradise of Children]
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