NOTE

All rights in stories in this volume are reserved by the holders of the copyrights. The publishers and others named in the subjoined list are the proprietors, either in their own right or as agents for the authors, of the stories taken from the works enumerated, of which the ownership is hereby acknowledged. The editor takes this opportunity to thank both authors and publishers for the ready generosity with which they have allowed her to include these stories in “The Children’s Hour.”

“The Wonder-Book,” and “Tanglewood Tales,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne; published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company.

“Old Greek Folk Stories,” by Josephine Preston Peabody; published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company.

“The Odyssey of Homer,” English prose version by George Herbert Palmer; published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company.

[CONTENTS]

[TO THECHILDREN]
[STORIES FROMHERODOTUS]
[Ladronius, The Prince ofThieves]Retold by G.H. Boden and W. Barringtond’Almeida
[Arion and theDolphin]Retold by G.H. Boden and W. Barringtond’Almeida
[STORIES FROMLIVY]
[Romulus, Founder ofRome]Alfred J. Church
[How Horatius Held theBridge]Alfred J. Church
[How Cincinnatus SavedRome]Alfred J. Church
[The Story ofVirginia]Alfred J. Church
[The Sacrifice of MarcusCurtius]Alfred J. Church
[STORIES FROMOVID]
[The MiraculousPitcher]Nathaniel Hawthorne
[The Golden Touch]Nathaniel Hawthorne
[The PomegranateSeeds]Nathaniel Hawthorne
[OLD GREEKFOLK-STORIES]
[Orpheus andEurydice]Josephine Preston Peabody
[Icarus andDædalus]Josephine Preston Peabody
[Phaethon]Josephine Preston Peabody
[Niobe]Josephine Preston Peabody
[Pyramus and Thisbe]Josephine Preston Peabody
[STORIES OF THETROJAN WAR]
[The Apple ofDiscord]Josephine Preston Peabody
[The Quarrel betweenAgamemnon and Achilles]Alfred J. Church
[The Fight between Parisand Menelaus]Walter C. Perry
[The Duel between Hector andAjax]Walter C. Perry
[The Death of Patroclusand the Battle of the River]Alfred J. Church
[Vulcan Makes Armor forAchilles]Walter C. Perry
[The Slaying ofHector]Walter C. Perry
[The Funeral Games in Honorof Patroclus]Walter C. Perry
[The Wooden Horse and the Fallof Troy]Josephine Preston Peabody
[THEWANDERINGS OF ULYSSES]
[An Adventure with theCyclops]Alfred J. Church
[Circe’s Palace]Nathaniel Hawthorne
[The Sirens—Scylla andCharybdis]Translated by George HerbertPalmer
[ULYSSES INITHACA]
[Ulysses Lands on theShore of Ithaca]F.S. Marvin, R.J.C. Mayor, and F.M.Stowell
[Ulysses at the House ofthe Swineherd]F.S. Marvin, R.J.C. Mayor, and F.M.Stowell
[The Vengeance of Ulysses]
[A. His Reception at the Palace]F.S. Marvin, R.J.C. Mayor, and F.M.Stowell
[B.The Trial of the Bow]Translated by George HerbertPalmer
[C. The Slaying of the Suitors]F.S. Marvin, R.J.C. Mayor, and F.M.Stowell
[D. Penelope Recognizes Ulysses]Translated by George HerbertPalmer
[THEWANDERINGS OF THE TROJAN ÆNEAS]
[The Flight of Æneasfrom the Ruins of Troy]Alfred J. Church
[Æneas’sAdventure with the Harpies]Charles Henry Hanson
[Æneas in the Land ofthe Cyclops]Charles Henry Hanson
[Æneas and QueenDido]Alfred J. Church
[The Funeral Games ofAnchises]Charles Henry Hanson
[Æneas’sVisit to the Lower World]Charles Henry Hanson
[Æneas’s FirstGreat Battle with the Latins]Charles Henry Hanson
[Æneas FinallyConquers the Latins]Alfred J. Church

ILLUSTRATIONS

[“It is strange that they let that dog lie there”]L.F. Schutzenberger
[“I am afraid there will not be half enough supper”]Walter Crane
[They leaped out of the Bottomless Hole]George Wharton Edwards
[To him at last the Three Goddesses intrusted the Judgment and the Golden Apple]Giulio Romano
[Fierce was the Fight about the Body of Patroclus]Giulio Romano
[A Great Image of a Horse]Franz Cleyn
[The Cyclops in his Wrath brake off the Top of a Great Hill]L.F. Schutzenberger
[“Dear son, have you come home at last?”]G. Truffault
[The Flight from Troy]Franz Cleyn
[The Victory of Euryalus]Franz Cleyn