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Table of Contents
THE WONDER GARDEN
The Garden of Delight
Come! Come! into this Wonder Garden
ALONG THE FLOWERY WONDER PATH
"Now all fair things come to light" .... Anonymous
"Here are Sweet-Peas" .... John Keats
"Jealous girls these sometimes were" .... Robert Herrick
The Snowdrop Fairy .... Irish Tale
The Little Nymph who Loved Bright Colours .... Old Legend
Hyacinth .... From Ovid
Echo and Narcissus .... From Ovid
Clytie, the Heliotrope .... From Ovid
Pansy-Boy .... From Pindar
The Bad Poppy-Seeds .... Bengali Legend
The Mignonette Fairy .... Old French Tale
Legend of the Heart's Ease .... Old Legend
The Dragon Sin .... Sussex Legend
The Cup of Thanksgiving .... Hebrew Fable
The Beauty of the Lily .... Easter Tale
The Christmas Thorn of Glastonbury .... From William of Malmesbury
Forget-me-not ! ... Legend of Paradise
The Maiden of the White Camellias .... Japanese Myth
Princess Peony .... Japanese Tale
The Chrysanthemum Children .... Japanese Tale
Maiden White and Maiden Yellow .... Japanese Tale
IN THE ROSE BOWER WITH THE ROSE QUEEN
"I will not have the mad Clytie" .... Thomas Hood
"Then came we to great breadths of shady wood" .... Plato
Adventures of Cupid Among the Roses .... From Anacreon, Moschus, Lucian, and other Sources
Naughty Little Cupid
Red Roses of Nectar
How Pansies Came Coloured
Why Venus Liked Doves
Venus's Looking Glass
Cupid's Darts
Lost! Lost!
Cupid Punished
Why Roses Have Thorns
Legend of the Anemone and the Rose .... From Bion and Ovid
The Rose-Tree Queen .... Old Legend
The Blush-Rose and the Sun .... Roumanian Legend
How Moss-Roses Came .... Legend of Paradise
The Sultana of the Flowers .... Persian Tale
King Suleyman and the Nightingale .... Persian Tale
The Nightingale and the Rose .... From Sa'di
WITH THE SOARING TALKING BIRDS
"My old Welsh neighbour over the way" .... John Greenleaf Whittier
Bird Calls
Why the Owl Cries Hoot ! Hoot ! .... Breton Legend
Why the Little Bird that Brags Cries Cuckoo! .... Friesland Legend
Why Crows Caw .... Eskimo Legend
Why the Pewee Looks for Brother .... Mohammedan Legend
The Greedy Blackbird .... Old French Tale
The Spice Bird .... From Pliny
King Picus the Woodpecker .... From Ovid
The Magpie Maidens .... From Hesiod and Ovid
The Boy that the Eagle Stole .... From Lucian
The Robe of Feathers .... Japanese Myth
Pan's Song .... William Browne of Tavistock
WHERE FLORA REIGNS THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS
" The Daisy scattered on each mead and down" .... William Browne of Tavistock
"The Foxglove on fair Flora's hand is worn" .... Abraham Cowley
Why Crocus Holds up his Golden Cup .... From Ovid
Legend of the Frail Windflower .... Old Legend
The Primrose Son .... Old Legend
The Lilies White .... William Browne of Tavistock
The Cornflower Youth .... Old Legend
The Little Nymph who Rang the Bells .... Old Legend
The Marigold Arrows .... From Abraham Cowley
Fruit on the Rose-Bush .... Old Legend
PLUCKING MEADOW WONDER BLOSSOMS
"The air is soft, the dale is green" .... Anonymous
"Next followed on the Fairy Nobles" .... William Browne of Tavistock
Legend of the Trailing Arbutus .... Iroquois Legend
The Wood- Violet that was a Maiden .... Old Legend
The Dandelion Fairies .... Old Tale
The Story that the Buttercups Told .... Hans Christian Andersen
Little Princess White Chicory .... Old Legend
Why the Frogs Call the Buttercups .... Old Legend
Little White Daisy .... Old Legend
Legend of the Goldenrod .... Old Legend
The Old Witch who was a Burr .... Skidi-Pawnee Tale
Fairy Cowslips .... Folklore
The Fox in Gloves .... Celtic Folklore
Pan's Lovely Maid .... William Browne of Tavistock
LISTENING TO THE MAGIC WATERS
"Arethusa arose" .... Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Stone that Shed Tears .... From Ovid
The Weeping Waters .... From Ovid
Arethusa .... From Ovid
Little Hylas .... From Theocritus and other Sources
CATCHING INSECTS GREEN AND BLUE
"A Wild-Rose tree" .... John Keats
"Firefly! Firefly! Bright little thing" .... Henry Schoolcraft
Gleam-o'-Day and Princess Lotus-Flower .... Chinese Tale
Prince Golden-Firefly .... Japanese Folktale
Prince Butterfly and Clover Blossom .... From Louisa Alcott
Anansi the Spider-Man .... From the Gold Coast
Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners
Why Spiders Live Under Stones
Ladybird! Ladybird! .... Folktale
The Boy who Caught Flies .... Old Legend
Tithonus, the Grasshopper .... From the Homeric Hymns
The Morning-Glory Fan .... Japanese Tale
WANDERING THROUGH THE ENCHANTED FOREST
"Her angel's face" .... Edmund Spenser
The White Hare of Inaba .... Japanese Legend
Story of the Tiger and the Man .... Tibetan Folktale
Why Rabbits Have Yellow Hairs .... Sioux Myth
Why the Deer Have Antlers .... Hopi Tale
Why there are no Snakes in Ireland .... Irish Folktale
The Last of the Serpents .... Irish Folktale
GATHERING FRUITS STRANGE, RICH, AND RIPE
"The Golden Apple, the Golden Apple" .... Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Magic Strawberries .... Folktale
The Golden Strawberries .... Folktale
Why the Pomegranate Wears a Crown and Royal Robes .... Old Legend
The Tantalizing Fruits .... From Homer and Pindar
The Golden Apples of the Hesperides .... From Apollodorus
The Apple of Discord .... From Euripides and Ovid
Idun and the Magic Apples .... Norse Myth
DIVING THROUGH THE GREEN SEA WAVES
"A Drop of Rain was falling" .... From Sa'di
"Full fathom five thy father lies" .... William Shakespeare
The Fisherboy Urashima .... Japanese Folktale
Prince Fireshine and Prince Firefade .... Japanese Myth
Arion and the Dolphin .... From Herodotus and Ovid
The Jewel Tears .... Japanese Tale
The Fairy Swan Song .... Celtic Myth
ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND IN THE RAINBOW SKY
"I bring fresh Showers for the thirsting flowers" .... Percy Bysshe Shelley
Why the Iris Wears Rainbow Colours .... Old Tale
Flower of the Rainbow .... New Tale
The Boy whose Wings Fell Off .... From Ovid
The Man in the Moon .... Folktale
The Story of Jack and Jill .... Norse Myth from the Younger Edda
The Sheep in the Pasture .... Welsh Myth
The Lazy Boys who Became the Pleiades .... Caddo Myth
The Maiden in the Moon .... Folktale
The Colours of the Rainbow .... Gladys Wolcott Barnes
A Drop of the Water of Light .... S. Baring-Gould
The Halcyon Birds .... From Ovid
The Bag of Winds .... From Homer
WITH FLASH o' FIRE AND GLINT O' GOLD
"In streams the gold, the copper flows" .... Virgil
The Golden Gift of King Midas .... From Herodotus and Ovid
Little White Rabbit .... Menomini Myth
The Wicked Fairies .... Old French Tale
The Man who Brought Fire .... From Hesiod
Why Unlucky Iron Kills .... Finnish Myth from the Kalevala
WITH SNOW ELVES IN SNOW HILLS
"Now you must know that in those early times" .... William Cullen Bryant
Snow-Blanche .... Russian Folktale
The Snowball Hares .... Aino Myth
Why the Snow is White .... Old Legend
How the First Snowdrop Came .... Legend of Paradise
The Garden of Frost Flowers .... From William Cullen Bryant
SECRETS OF THE WHISPERING TREES
"Orpheus with his lute made trees" .... William Shakespeare
Old-Man- Who-Made-the-Trees-to-Blossom .... Japanese Folktale
The Daughter of the Laurel .... Roumanian Legend
White Flowering Almond .... Old Legend
Orpheus who Made the Trees to Dance .... From King Alfred's Boethius
Erysichthon the Hungry .... From Callimachus
The Wind in the Pine .... Japanese Folktale
The Maple Leaf For Ever .... Canadian Tale
Daphne .... From Ovid
WITH MARVELLOUS FARM THINGS
"All around the happy village" .... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Proud Buckwheat .... Hans Christian Andersen
Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies .... West African Folktale
The Witch Cat .... Scotch Folktale
Why Dogs Have Long Tongues ... Caddo Tale
Potato! Potato! .... New Tale
The Duck-Feather Man .... Chinese Tale
The Potato-Choosing Boy .... New Tale
The Turkey-Given Corn .... Navaho Myth
The Pet Turkey whose Feelings were Hurt .... Navaho Myth
Peach Boy's Rice-Cakes .... Japanese Folktale
The Seven Corn Maidens .... Zuni Myth
Legend of the Corn .... Iroquois Myth
The Ram with the Golden Fleece .... From Apollodorus and Ovid
The Enchanted Swine .... From Homer
The Winged Horse .... From Pindar
The Snow- White Bull .... From Moschus and Ovid
The Girl who Trod on a Loaf .... Hans Christian Andersen
ALL THE HAPPY WONDER MONTHS
"First April, she with mellow showers" .... Robert Herrick
"So forth issued the Seasons of the Year" .... Edmund Spenser
Old Man Coyote and Summer in a Bag .... Crow Myth
The Old Woman who Met the Months .... Folktale from the Island of Melos
The Reed that was a Maiden .... From Ovid
The Reeds that Told a Secret .... From Ovid
The Hundred-Headed Daffodil .... From Ovid
Mariora Floriora .... Moldavian Legend
The Wooing of Pomona .... From Ovid
The New Year .... Hans Christian Andersen
