A Wonder Book Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne Vintage Hardcover Book Red 1929

Fall in love with this gorgeous hardcover copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s A Wonder Book For Girls and Boys and Tanglewood Tales from the Everyman’s Library for Young People. This edition published in 1929. Condition: Good vintage condition. Former school library copy. Please see photographs for more information. Offers are always welcomed. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys is an 1851 children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales. The stories are all stories within a story. The frame story is that Eustace Bright, a Williams College student, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts. All the tales are modified versions of ancient Greek myths: "The Gorgon's Head" - recounts the story of Perseus killing Medusa at the request of the king of the island of Seriphos, Polydectes. "The Golden Touch" - recounts the story of King Midas and his "Golden Touch". "The Paradise of Children" - recounts the story of Pandora opening Pandora's box, which was filled with all of mankind's troubles. "The Three Golden Apples" - recounts the story of Heracles procuring the Three Golden Apples from the Hesperides' orchard, with the help of Atlas. "The Miraculous Pitcher" - recounts the story of Baucis and Philemon providing food and shelter to two strangers who were Zeus and "Quicksilver" (Hermes) in disguise. "The Chimæra" - recounts the story of Bellerophon taming Pegasus and killing the Chimæra.