Compiled by American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer Hamilton Wright Mabie, here is a fantastic collection of classic legends from ancient mythology, The classical work of Hawthorne has been generously drawn upon. Included are "Three Golden Apples"; "Pomegranate Seeds"; "Chimera" "Golden Touch" "Gorgon's Head"; "Dragon's Teeth"; "Miraculous Pitcher"; "Paradise of Children" "Cyclops"; "Argonauts"; "Giant Builder"; "How Odin Lost His Eye"; "Quest of the Hammer" "Apples of Idun"; "Death of Balder"; and "Star and the Lily.