TABLE OF CONTENTS

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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]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Iris crossing the Rainbow Bridge. _Page 222_]
[Pandora saw a crowd of ugly little shapes.]
["Bellerophon took the golden reins firmly in his hand."]
["What design will Arachne embroider to-day?" asked one of the nymphs.]
[Apollo charms the wild beasts.]
[Paris and the Golden Apple.]