A Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864 creator Crane, Walter 1845-1915 text utu 2010 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a children's book published in 1851. The collection retells six Greek myths through a frame story: a college student named Eustace Bright shares these tales with children at Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Hawthorne reimagines classic stories including Perseus and Medusa, King Midas, Pandora's Box, and Bellerophon's defeat of the Chimera, transforming ancient mythology into adventures accessible to young readers while adding moral lessons throughout. (This is an automatically generated summary.) The Gorgon's head -- The golden touch -- The paradise of children -- The three golden apples -- The miraculous pitcher -- The Chimaera. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wonder-Book_for_Girls_and_Boys Release date is 2010-05-03 E-text prepared by David Edwards, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Original publication data not identified Mythology, Greek Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature BL PZ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32242 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32242 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133733.0 32242