Chapter I: Front Matter

Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this
file which includes the original illustrations.
See 15202-h.htm or 15202-h.zip:
(https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/5/2/0/15202/15202-h/15202-h.htm)
or
(https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/5/2/0/15202/15202-h.zip)

YOUNG FOLKS' TREASURY

In 12 Volumes

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, Editor

EDWARD EVERETT HALE, Associate Editor

VOLUME II: MYTHS AND LEGENDARY HEROES

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, Editor

New York The University Society Inc. Publishers

PARTIAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, ASSISTANT EDITORS AND ADVISERS

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE Editor

EDWARD EVERETT HALE Associate Editor

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President Columbia University.

WILLIAM R. HARPER, Late President Chicago University.

HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Ex-President of the United States.

HON. GROVER CLEVELAND, Late President of the United States.

JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS, American Roman Catholic prelate.

ROBERT C. OGDEN, Partner of John Wanamaker.

HON. GEORGE F. HOAR, Late Senator from Massachusetts.

EDWARD W. BOK, Editor "Ladies' Home Journal."

HENRY VAN DYKE, Author, Poet, and Professor of English

Literature, Princeton University.

LYMAN ABBOTT, Author, Editor of "The Outlook."

CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS, Writer of Animal Stories.

JACOB A. RIIS, Author and Journalist.

EDWARD EVERETT HALE, Jr., English Professor at Union College.

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, Late Author and Creator of "Uncle Remus."

GEORGE GARY EGGLESTON, Novelist and Journalist.

RAY STANNARD BAKER, Author and Journalist.

WILLIAM BLAIKIE, Author of "How to Get Strong and How to Stay So."

WILLIAM DAVENPORT HULBERT, Writer of Animal Stories.

JOSEPH JACOBS, Folklore Writer and Editor of the "Jewish Encyclopedia."

MRS. VIRGINIA TERHUNE ("Marion Harland"), Author of "Common Sense in the Household," etc.

MARGARET E. SANGSTER, Author of "The Art of Home-Making," etc.

SARAH K. BOLTON, Biographical Writer.

ELLEN VELVIN, Writer of Animal Stories.

REV. THEODORE WOOD, F.E.S., Writer on Natural History.

W.J. BALTZELL, Editor of "The Musician."

HERBERT T. WADE, Editor and Writer on Physics.

JOHN H. CLIFFORD, Editor and Writer.

ERNEST INGERSOLL, Naturalist and Author.

DANIEL E. WHEELER, Editor and Writer.

IDA PRENTICE WHITCOMB, Author of "Young People's Story of Music," "Heroes of History," etc.

MARK HAMBOURG, Pianist and Composer.

MME. BLANCHE MARCHESI, Opera Singer and Teacher.

CONTENTS

Introduction

MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME

Baucis and Philemon Adapted by C.E. Smith

Pandora Adapted by C.E. Smith

Midas Adapted by C.E. Smith

Cadmus Adapted by C.E. Smith

Proserpina Adapted by C.E. Smith

The Story of Atalanta Adapted by Anna Klingensmith

Pyramus and Thisbe Adapted by Alice Zimmern

Orpheus Adapted by Alice Zimmern

MYTHS OF SCANDINAVIA

Baldur Adapted from A. and E. Keary's version

Thor's Adventure among the Jotuns Adapted by Julia Goddard

The Apples of Idun Adapted by Hamilton Wright Mabie

The Gifts of the Dwarfs

The Punishment of Loki Adapted from A. and E. Keary's version

MYTHS OF INDIA

The Blind Man, The Deaf Man, and the Donkey Adapted by M. Frere

Harisarman

Why the Fish Laughed

Muchie Lal Adapted by M. Frere

How the Rajah's Son Won the Princess Labam Adapted by Joseph Jacobs

MYTHS OF JAPAN

The Jellyfish and the Monkey Adapted by Yei Theodora Ozaki

The Old Man and-the Devils

Autumn and Spring Adapted by Frank Kinder

The Vision of Tsunu Adapted by Frank Kinder

The Star-Lovers Adapted by Frank Kinder

MYTHS OF THE SLAVS

The Two Brothers Adapted by Alexander Chodsko

The Twelve Months Adapted by Alexander Chodsko

The Sun; or, the Three Golden Hairs of the Old Man Vesevde Adapted by Alexander Chodsko

A MYTH OF AMERICA

Hiawatha Adapted from H.R. Schoolcraft's version

HEROES OF GREECE AND ROME

Perseus Adapted by Mary Macgregor

Odysseus Adapted by Jeanie Lang

The Argonauts Adapted by Mary Macgregor

Theseus Adapted by Mary Macgregor

Hercules Adapted by Thomas Cartwright

The Perilous Voyage of AEneas Adapted by Alice Zimmern

How Horatius Held the Bridge Adapted by Alfred J. Church

How Cincinnatus Saved Rome Adapted by Alfred J. Church

HEROES OF GREAT BRITAIN

Beowulf Adapted by H.E. Marshall

How King Arthur Conquered Rome Adapted by E. Edwardson

Sir Galahad and the Sacred Cup Adapted by Mary Macgregor

The Passing of Arthur Adapted by Mary Macgregor

Robin Hood Adapted by H.E. Marshall

Guy of Warwick Adapted by H.E. Marshall

Whittington and His Cat Adapted by Ernest Rhys

Tom Hickathrift Adapted by Ernest Rhys

HEROES OF SCANDINAVIA

The Story of Frithiof Adapted by Julia Goddard

Havelok Adapted by George W. Cox and E.H. Jones

The Vikings Adapted by Mary Macgregor

HERO OF GERMANY

Siegfried Adapted by Mary Macgregor

HERO OF FRANCE

Roland Adapted by H.E. Marshall

HERO OF SPAIN

The Cid Adapted by Robert Southey

HERO OF SWITZERLAND

William Tell Adapted by H.E. Marshall

HERO OF PERSIA

Rustem Adapted by Alfred J. Church

ILLUSTRATIONS

JASON SNATCHED OFF HIS HELMET AND HURLED IT (Frontispiece)

OUT FLEW A BRIGHT, SMILING FAIRY

HE CAUGHT HER IN HIS ARMS AND SPRANG INTO THE CHARIOT

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI

THE PRINCESS LABAM ... SHINES SO THAT SHE LIGHTS UP ALL THE COUNTRY

HIAWATHA IN HIS CANOE

SO DANAE WAS COMFORTED AND WENT HOME WITH DICTYS

ORPHEUS SANG TILL HIS VOICE DROWNED THE SONG OF THE SIRENS

THEY LEAPT ACROSS THE POOL AND CAME TO HIM

THESEUS LOOKED UP INTO HER FAIR FACE

SIR GALAHAD

ROBIN HOOD IN AN ENCOUNTER

THE HERO'S SHINING SWORD PIERCED THE HEART OF THE MONSTER

WILLIAM TELL AND HIS FRIENDS

(Many of the illustrations in this volume are reproduced by special permission of E.P. Dutton & Company, owners of American rights.)