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	[154]
When Phaeton's Chariot Ran Away	[163]
When Apollo was Herdsman	[174]
How Jupiter Granted a Wish	[181]
How Hyacinthus Became a Flower	[189]
How King Midas Lost His Ears	[196]
How Mercury Gave up his Tricks	[205]
A Little Errand Girl's New Dress	[215]
When Proserpine was Lost	[224]
The Ploughman who Brought Famine	[234]
The Bee Man of Arcadia	[242]
When Pomona Shared Her Apples	[252]
How Psyche Reached Mount Olympus	[261]
How Melampos Fed the Serpent	[272]
How a Huntress Became a Bear	[281]
The Adventure of Glaucus	[287]
The Winning of the Golden Fleece	[297]
Medea's Cauldron	[304]
How a Golden Apple Caused a War	[311]
How a Wooden Horse Won a War	[322]
The Cyclops.—Alfred Church	[329]
GLOSSARY	[339]

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WONDER STORIESTHE BEST MYTHS FOR BOYS AND GIRLSBY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY