CONTENTS Preface A WONDER BOOK THE GORGON'S HEAD THE GOLDEN TOUCH THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES THE MIRACULOUS PITCHER THE CHIMÆRA TANGLEWOOD TALES THE WAYSIDE THE MINOTAUR THE PYGMIES THE DRAGON'S TEETH CIRCE'S PALACE THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS THE GOLDEN FLEECE ILLUSTRATIONS Jason and the Talking Oak Pandora Atlas Bellerophon by the Fountain of Pirene The Fountain of Pirene Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth Circe's Palace Proserpina Jason and his Teacher The Argonauts in Quest of the Golden Fleece TANGLEWOOD TALES Nathaniel Hawthorne Illustrated by V. F. Sterrett CONTENTS The Minotaur The Pygmies The Dragon's Teeth Circe's Palace The Pomegranate Seeds The Golden Fleece ILLUSTRATIONS Cadmus beheld a female figure, wonderfully beautiful He tugged and toiled amain She whipped up the snakes and ascended high over the city "Thou hast slain the monster", cried Ariadne, clasping her hands He concluded that his dear son had been eaten by the Minotaur This giant and these pygmies were all brethren The giant gave them his brotherly kindness They were constantly at war with the cranes "Alas! my dear children", answered poor Queen Telephassa "Sacred Oracle of Delphi, wither shall I go"? This pitiless reptile had killed his poor companions At a distance he beheld stately towers The voyagers examined the web of cloth "Wretch"! cried Circe They brought along with them a great many beautiful shells So she peeped into the entrance of the cave They arrived at the sunniest spot in the world "I shall not touch it I assure you", said she "What shall I do"? said he "I am the king's daughter" At the appointed hour he met the beautiful Medea "What is it"? asked Jason THE SCARLET LETTER By Nathaniel Hawthorne Illustrated