A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

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A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1852) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is a re-writing of some of the most famous of the ancient Greek myths in a volume for children. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls.

The stories are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Cousin Eustace is telling these stories to small children at Tanglewood.

It covers the myths of

• The Gorgon's Head
• The Golden Touch
• The Paradise of Children
• The Three Golden Apples
• The Miraculous Pitcher
• The Chimæra

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• The Gorgon's Head
• The Three Golden Apples
• The Miraculous Pitcher
• The Paradise of Children