... What Mr. Bulfinch wanted to do, and succeeded
in doing, was to connect the old stories with modern literature.
His book, therefore, not only interests young people in the
classical authors, but it turns their attention to many of the
best authors of their own language and of our time.--_Preface._
In the revision the list of poets cited has been increased from forty
to sixty-three, and the portion treating of Northern, Oriental, and
Egyptian mythologies, rewritten. The illustrations are from classical
sources.
POETRY, COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE, AND STORIES ADAPTED FROM (p. 213)
GREAT AUTHORS
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
SHAKSPERE.
NORTON, C.E. (Editor).
Heart of Oak Books. Volume VII.
Masterpieces of Literature.
Heath. .60
The youth who shall become acquainted with the contents of these
volumes will share in the common stock of the intellectual life
of the race to which he belongs; and will have the door opened to
him of all the vast and noble resources of that life.--_Preface.
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