HYPERMNESTRA 296 By V. C. Turnbull OEDIPUS AT COLONOS 302 By Mrs. Guy E. Lloyd MIDAS 308 By H. P. Maskell PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA 313 By V. C. Turnbull MELEAGER AND ATALANTA 320 By H. P. Maskell THE STORY OF DÆDALUS AND ICARUS 326 By M. M. Bird SCYLLA, THE DAUGHTER OF NISUS 330 By Mrs. Guy E. Lloyd THE STORY OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE 340 By M. M. Bird HERO AND LEANDER 344 By Mrs. Guy E. Lloyd PYGMALION AND THE IMAGE 352 By F. Storr CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS 359 By H. P. Maskell ECHO AND NARCISSUS 364 By Thomas Bulfinch THE RING OF POLYCRATES 369 By M. M. Bird ROMULUS AND REMUS 375 By Mrs. Guy E. Lloyd ILLUSTRATIONS HERCULES AND THE GOLDEN APPLES _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE THE STORY OF DAPHNE 26 HERCULES AND NESSUS 108 THESEUS GOES TO SLAY THE MINOTAUR 138 ÆNEAS IN HADES 212 ULYSSES AND THE CYCLOPS 266 PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA 316 ROMULUS AND REMUS 380 HALF A HUNDRED HERO TALES PLUTO AND PROSERPINE BY H. P. MASKELL In the very heart of Sicily are the groves of Enna--a land of flowers and rippling streams, where the spring-tide lasts all through the year. Thither Proserpine, daughter of Ceres, betook herself with her maidens to gather nosegays of violets and lilies. Eager to secure the choicest posy, she had wandered far from her companions, when Pluto, issuing, as was his wont, from his realm of shadows to visit the earth, beheld her, and was smitten by her childlike beauty. Dropping her flowers in alarm, the maiden screamed for her mother and attendants. 'Twas in vain; the lover seized her and bore her away in his chariot of coal-black steeds. Faster and faster sped the team as their swart master called to each by name and shook the reins on their necks. Through deep lakes they sped, by dark pools steaming with volcanic heat, and on past the twin harbors of Syracuse.