HYACINTHUS 129 KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH 134 CEYX AND HALCYONE 144 ARISTÆUS THE BEE-KEEPER 154 PROSERPINE 161 LATONA AND THE RUSTICS 169 ECHO AND NARCISSUS 174 ICARUS 181 CLYTIE 189 THE CRANES OF IBYCUS 192 SYRINX 197 THE DEATH OF ADONIS 202 PAN 209 LORELEI 220 FREYA, QUEEN OF THE NORTHERN GODS 227 THE DEATH OF BALDUR 234 BEOWULF 244 ROLAND THE PALADIN 266 THE CHILDREN OF LÎR 289 DEIRDRÊ 306 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "What was he doing, the great god Pan, Down in the reeds by the river?" _Frontispiece_ PAGE Then Pygmalion covered his eyes 12 She checked her hounds, and stood beside Endymion 28 Swiftly he turned, and found his wife behind him 38 Thus did Psyche lose her fear, and enter the golden doors 52 She stopped, and picked up the treasure 80 Marpessa sat alone by the fountain 92 They whimpered and begged of him 112 Darkness fell on the eyes of Hyacinthus 132 A grey cold morning found her on the seashore 152 She haunted him like his shadow 176 Freya sat spinning the clouds 228 "Baldur the Beautiful is dead!" 240 A stroke shivered the sword 262 Roland seized once more his horn 282 One touch for each with a magical wand of the Druids 294 A BOOK OF MYTHS PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA