CONTENTS


TO THE CHILDREN

STORIES FROM HERODOTUS
LADRONIUS, THE PRINCE OF THIEVES
Retold by G. H. Boden and W. Barrington d'Almeida
ARION AND THE DOLPHIN
Retold by G. H. Boden and W. Barrington d'Almeida

STORIES FROM LIVY
ROMULUS, FOUNDER OF ROME Alfred J. Church
HOW HORATIUS HELD THE BRIDGE Alfred J. Church
HOW CINCINNATUS SAVED ROME Alfred J. Church
THE STORY OF VIRGINIA Alfred J. Church
THE SACRIFICE OF MARCUS CURTIUS Alfred J. Church

STORIES FROM OVID
THE MIRACULOUS PITCHER Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE GOLDEN TOUCH Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS Nathaniel Hawthorne

OLD GREEK FOLK-STORIES
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE Josephine Preston Peabody
ICARUS AND DÆDALUS Josephine Preston Peabody
PHAETHON Josephine Preston Peabody
NIOBE Josephine Preston Peabody
PYRAMUS AND THISBE Josephine Preston Peabody