A lovely collection of myths – primarily Greek, Roman, and Norse – written at the beginning of the 20th century. The language is rich and wonderful. There are two introductory essays; one written just before World War I and one written in 1914 after the war had begun. The note of despair and hope in the second is touching. The stories themselves are appropriately ageless, except for that of Daedelus and Icarus. The author allows a moment of personal connection by equating Icarus’ delight and heedlessness in flight with those humans who were just at the time of publication discovering the wonders of airplane flying. 

CONTENTS:
1. PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA
2. PYGMALION
3. PHAETON
4. ENDYMION
5. ORPHEUS
6. APOLLO AND DAPHNE
7. PSYCHE
8. THE CALYDONIAN HUNT
9. ATALANTA
10. ARACHNE
11. IDAS AND MARPESSA
12. ARETHUSA
13. PERSEUS THE HERO
14. NIOBE
15. HYACINTHUS
16. KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH
17. CEYX AND HALCYONE
18. ARISTAEUS THE BEE-KEEPER
19. PROSERPINE
20. LATONA AND THE RUSTICS
21. ECHO AND NARCISSUS
22. ICARUS
23. CLYTHE
24. THE CRANES OF IBYCUS
25. SYRINX
26. THE DEATH OF ADONIS
27. PAN
28. LORELEI
29. FREYA, QUEEN OF THE NORTHERN GODS
30. THE DEATH OF BALDUR
31. BEOWULF
32. ROLAND THE PALADIN
33. THE CHILDREN OF LIR
34. DEIRDRE