CONTENTS Introduction Sir Roger de Coverley The Tattler's Court Stateswomen Humours of the Town Tales and Allegories The Court of Honour Country Humours Humours of Fashion Various Essays

If there had been no real heroes there would have been created imaginary ones, for men cannot live without them. The hero is just as necessary as the farmer, the sailor, the carpenter and the doctor; society could not get on without him. There have been a great many different kinds of heroes, for in every age and among every people the hero has stood for the qualities that were most admired and sought after by the bravest and best; and all ages and peoples have imagined or produced heroes as inevitably as they have made ploughs for turning the soil or ships for getting through the water or...

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Hamilton Wright Mabie was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. He received a law degree from Columbia in 1869. Mabie used his lectures and writings to instill a love of good reading in the American public. The Table of Contents includes I PERSEUS. Adapted from "The Heroes," by Charles Kingsley, II. HERCULES. By Kate Stephens, III. DANIEL. From Book of Daniel, Chapter VI, Verses 1 to 24, IV. DAVID. From I. Book of Samuel, Chapter xvii, V. ST. GEORGE. Adapted from "Martyrs and Saints of the First Twelve Centuries," by Mrs. E. Rundle Charles, VI. KING ARTHUR. Adapted from...

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This book is actually two books in one volume: "Myths Every Child Should Know" and "Legends Every Child Should Know." Both books are compilations of important myths and legends that have been passed down from storyteller to storyteller for thousands of years, and hold stories that, literally, every child should know. As your child grows older, he or she will constantly run into references to characters, items, and situations present in these stories. Things like "the Midas touch" turning everything to gold, being a Rip Van Winkle and missing things everyone else knows about, or any reference...

Hamilton Wright Mabie, A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. (1846-1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. At the young age of 16 he passed his college entrance examination, but waited a year before he attended Williams College (1867) and the Columbia Law School (1869). He received honorary degrees from his own alma mater, from Union College, and from Western Reserve and Washington and Lee universities. Although he passed his bar exams in 1869 he hated both the study and practice of law.