This wonderful collection of stories for children, contains a wealth of classic tales adapted for the younger reader. It includes 'Don Quixote', Gulliver's Travel', 'The Arabian Nights', 'The Pilgrim's Progress', 'Robinson Crusoe', and many more. It is an excellent work for exposing youngsters to great works of literature in a form easily understood by the developing mind. Accompanying our republication of this volume, we have included a brand new introductory biography on the editor of the work, American Essayist, Hamilton Wright Mabie.

This is a wonderful collection of myths and legends adapted for the young reader. It includes tales from ancient Greece, Scandinavia, Japan, India, Great Britain, and many other locations and civilisations. This is a fantastic collection for exposing children to the classic stories of the past. Accompanying our republication of this volume, we have included a brand new introductory biography on the editor of the work, American Essayist, Hamilton Wright Mabie.