Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)

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Editor

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916

Title

Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Myths and Legendary Heroes

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Sandra Brown, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Mythology

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15202

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15202

Release Date

February 28, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Sandra Brown, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
2. 2.YOUNG FOLKS' TREASURY — In 12 Volumes — HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE Editor — EDWARD EVERETT HALE Associate Editor
3. 3.VOLUME II — NEW YORK — THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. — Publishers — PARTIAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, ASSISTANT EDITORS AND ADVISERS — HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE Editor — EDWARD EVERETT HALE Associate Editor — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS — INTRODUCTION — MYTHS OF MANY COUNTRIES
4. 4.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
5. 5.MYTHS OF SCANDINAVIA — BALDUR — ADAPTED FROM A, AND E. KEARY'S VERSION — I — THE DREAM — II — THE PEACESTEAD — III — BALDUR DEAD — IV — HELHEIM — V — WEEPING — THOR'S ADVENTURES AMONG THE JÖTUNS — 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
6. 6.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
7. 7.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 HINDER — THE VISION OF TSUNU — ADAPTED BY FRANK RINDER — THE STAR-LOVERS — ADAPTED BY FRANK RINDER
8. 8.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 VSÉVÈDE — ADAPTED BY ALEXANDER CHODSKO
9. 9.A MYTH OF AMERICA — HIAWATHA — ADAPTED FROM H.R. SCHOOLCRAFT's VERSION — LEGENDARY HEROES OF MANY COUNTRIES
10. 10.HEROES OF GREECE AND ROME — PERSEUS — ADAPTED BY MARY MACGREGOR — I — PERSEUS AND HIS MOTHER — II — HOW PERSEUS VOWED A RASH VOW — III — HOW PERSEUS SLEW THE GORGON — IV — HOW PERSEUS MET ANDROMEDA — V — HOW PERSEUS CAME HOME AGAIN — ODYSSEUS — ADAPTED BY JEANIE LANG — I — HOW ODYSSEUS LEFT TROYLAND AND SAILED FOR HIS KINGDOM PAST THE LAND OF THE LOTUS EATERS — II — HOW ODYSSEUS CAME TO THE LAND OF THE CYCLÔPES, AND HIS ADVENTURES THERE — III — HOW ODYSSEUS MET WITH CIRCE, THE SIRENS, AND CALYPSO — IV — HOW ODYSSEUS MET WITH NAUSICAA — THE ARGONAUTS — ADAPTED BY MARY MACGREGOR — I — HOW THE CENTAUR TRAINED THE HEROES — II — HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL — III — HOW THEY BUILT THE SHIP ARGO — IV — HOW THE ARGONAUTS WON THE GOLDEN FLEECE — V — HOW THE ARGONAUTS REACHED HOME — THESEUS — ADAPTED BY MARY MACGREGOR — I — HOW THESEUS LIFTED THE STONE — II — HOW THESEUS SLEW THE CLUB-BEARER AND THE PINE-BENDER — III — HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR — HERCULES — ADAPTED BY THOMAS CARTWRIGHT — I — THE TWELVE LABORS OF HERCULES — II — HERCULES IN THE NETHER WORLD — III — BLACK TARTARUS AND THE ELYSIAN FIELDS — IV — THE TUNIC OF NESSUS THE CENTAUR — THE PERILOUS VOYAGE OF ÆNEAS — ADAPTED BY ALICE ZIMMEKN — HOW HORATIUS HELD THE BRIDGE — ADAPTED BY ALFRED J. CHURCH — HOW CINCINNATUS SAVED ROME — ADAPTED BY ALFRED J. CHURCH
11. 11.HEROES OF GREAT BRITAIN — BEOWULF — ADAPTED BY H.E. MARSHALL — I — HOW BEOWULF OVERCAME THE OGRE AND THE WATER-WITCH — II — HOW THE FIRE DRAGON WARRED WITH THE GOTH FOLK — III — HOW BEOWULF OVERCAME THE DRAGON — 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 — I — HOW ROBIN HOOD CAME TO LIVE IN THE GREEN WOOD — II — THE MEETING OF ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN — III — ROBIN HOOD AND THE BUTCHER — GUY OF WARWICK — ADAPTED BY H.E. MARSHALL — I — GUY'S EARLY ADVENTURES AND HIS FIGHT WITH THE DUN COW — II — TRAVELS AND DEEDS IN MANY LANDS — III — HOW GUY FOUGHT WITH THE GIANT COLBRAND — IV — HOW AT LAST GUY WENT HOME — WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT — ADAPTED BY ERNEST RHYS — TOM HICKATHRIFT — ADAPTED BY ERNEST RHYS
12. 12.HEROES OF SCANDINAVIA — THE STORY OF FRITHIOF — ADAPTED BY JULIA GODDARD — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — HAVELOK — ADAPTED BY GEORGE W. COX AND E.H. JONES — THE VIKINGS — ADAPTED BY MARY MACGREGOR — I — CHARACTERS OF THE VIKINGS — II — HARALD FAIRHAIR — III — THE SEA-FIGHT OF THE JOMSVIKINGS
13. 13.HERO OF GERMANY — SIEGFRIED — ADAPTED BY MARY MACGREGOR — I — MIMER THE BLACKSMITH — II — SIEGFRIED WINS THE TREASURE — III — SIEGFRIED COMES HOME — IV — SIEGFRIED AT THE COURT OF WORMS — V. — SIEGFRIED GOES TO ISENLAND — VI — SIEGFRIED SUBDUES BRUNHILD — VII — SIEGFRIED AND THE PRINCESS
14. 14.HERO OF FRANCE — ROLAND — ADAPTED BY H.E. MARSHALL — I — BLANCANDRIN'S MISSION — II — GANELON'S TREASON — III — ROLAND'S PRIDE — IV — ROLAND SOUNDS HIS HORN — V — THE RETURN OF CHARLEMAGNE
15. 15.HERO OF SPAIN — THE CID — ADAPTED BY ROBERT SOUTHEY — I — RODRIGO AND THE LEPER — II — THE KNIGHTING OF RODRIGO — III — HOW THE CID MADE A COWARD INTO A BRAVE MAN — IV — HOW THE CID RULED VALENCIA — V — THE CID'S LAST VICTORY
16. 16.HERO OF SWITZERLAND — WILLIAM TELL — ADAPTED BY H.E. MARSHALL — I — GESSLER'S TYRANNY — II — WILLIAM TELL AND HIS GREAT SHOT — III — THE ESCAPE OF WILLIAM TELL — IV — TELL'S SECOND SHOT
17. 17.HERO OF PERSIA — RUSTEM — ADAPTED BY ALFRED J. CHURCH — I — THE SEVEN ADVENTURES OF RUSTEM — LIST OF BEST BOOKS OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS

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