TALES OF THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC


BY

THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON


TO

General Sir George Wentworth Higginson, K. C. B.

_Gyldernscroft, Marlow, England_



THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED, IN TOKEN OF KINDRED AND OF OLD FAMILY
FRIENDSHIPS, CORDIALLY PRESERVED INTO THE PRESENT GENERATION


THESE LEGENDS UNITE THE TWO SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AND FORM A PART OF THE
COMMON HERITAGE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING RACE




Preface

Hawthorne in his _Wonder Book_ has described the beautiful Greek
myths and traditions, but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous