Myths Every Child Should Know (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover, Myths Every Child Should Know]

Pictures from Myths Every child Should Know edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie and illustrated and decorated by Mary Hamilton Frye. My copy is dated 1922, but says clearly Copyright 1905, 1914 by Doubleday, Page & Company. It was printed in the USA and I think is in the public domain.

There is a Project Gutenberg text version of another edition of this book, but it is not the same.

Title: Myths Every Child Should Know

Author: Mabie, Hamilton Wright (Ed.)

Published by: Doubleday

City: Garden City, NY

Date: 1914

Total items: 8

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: The Chimæra]

The Chimæra

Chapter-head illustration for “The Chimæra” or, “The Chimera” as one might write today. Two children are shown in silhouette on a shore by the edge of a forest. The boy (seated) wears shorts and the girl (standing) wears a blouse and short skirt. Both have bare legs and feet, and they seem to be looking at something in the stream; the girl is [...] [more...]

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[picture: Front Cover, Myths Every Child Should Know]

Front Cover, Myths Every Child Should Know

The front cover shows King Midas, an illustration that also occurs in the book itself.

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[picture: The Gorgon's Head]

The Gorgon’s Head

A silhouette of Perseus with shield and sword, and with winged sandals on his feet. This is a Chapter-head illustration for “The Gorgon’s Head.” [more...]

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[picture: Title Page, Myths Every Child Should Know]

Title Page, Myths Every Child Should Know

MYTHS Every Child Should Know [more...]

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[picture: Behold it then! cried Perseus]

Behold it then! cried Perseus

“Behold it then!” cried Perseus, in a voice like the blast of a trumpet. [more...]

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Pictures from Myths Every child Should Know edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie and illustrated and decorated by Mary Hamilton Frye. My copy is dated 1922, but says clearly Copyright 1905, 1914 by Doubleday, Page & Company. It was printed in the USA and I think is in the public domain.

There is a Project Gutenberg text version of another edition of this book, but it is not the same.


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