The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair

King Midas and the golden touch, Pandora's box, Perseus and the Gorgon: six Greek myths told by a student to a group of children. With Walter Crane's illustrations.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The sequel to A Wonder Book, with Theseus and the Minotaur, Jason and the Golden Fleece and Proserpina in the underworld. This edition keeps the full-color illustrations of the original.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Six true stories about the childhoods of Benjamin West, Isaac Newton, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Cromwell, Benjamin Franklin and Queen Christina. A father tells them to his son during a long illness.

Nathaniel Hawthorne