Tanglewood Tales – Nathaniel Hawthorne 1903 (Illus. H. Granville Fell)

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote these stories for children based on Greek myth and legend in 1853. They are incomparable retellings of themes which the Greek dramatists used in creating their immortal plays and literature.

Contents: The Gorgon’s Head; The Golden Touch; The Paradise of Children; The Three Golden Apples; The Miraculous Pitcher; The Chimaera; The Wayside; The Minotaur; The Pygmies; The Dragon’s Teeth; Circe’s Palace; The Pomegranate Seeds; and The Golden Fleece.

This book is wonderfully illustrated w/ 12 full-page illustrations in Art Nouveau style by one of the greatest Art Nouveau illustrator during that period, Hebert Granville Fell.