A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys (Illustrated)

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys is a children's book written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he rewrites myths from Greek mythology. 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 Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, where Hawthorne lived for a time. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys covers the myths of The Gorgon's Head The Golden Touch The Paradise of Children The Three Golden Apples The Miraculous Pitcher The Chimæra Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls includes the myths of: The Minotaur The Pygmies The Dragon's Teeth "Circe's Palace The Pomegranate Seed The Golden Fleece