Scribner. 1.50
Mr. Baldwin's object, as he tells us, has been to pave the way to the
enjoyable reading of Homer. He has depicted for us the boyhood and
youth of Odysseus, taking the various legends relating to the causes
of the Trojan War, and weaving them into one continuous narrative,
ending where Homer begins.
CHAPIN, A.A.
The Story of the Rhinegold.
Harper. 1.25
A little volume intended for the use of children who may be taken to
hear the operas of Richard Wagner. It gives briefly, in an interesting
manner, the great myth upon which Wagner based his famous production,
the Ring of the Nibelungs, following the lines of the operas. The
musical motifs accompany the text.
CHAPIN, A.A. (p. 100)
Wonder Tales from Wagner.
Harper. 1.25
This companion to The Story of the Rhinegold relates the legends of
the Flying Dutchman, Tannhaeuser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, and
the Mastersingers of Nuremberg. The musical motifs accompany the text.
DIXON, E. (Editor).
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
Illustrated by J.D. Batten.
Putnam. 2.50
In Europe they were not known till 1704, when a learned
Frenchman, Antoine Galland, who had travelled widely in the East,
put them skillfully, if not too accurately, into the language of
his own people.
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