A Guide to Mythology

Excerpt: My aim in this book on Mythology for young readers has been to give them solid knowledge on the subject as far as it is advisable to go with im mature minds based upon the most recent investigations of scholars and to select the myths used in illustration of the plan with a View to giving them interesting stories to read which will almost unconsciously to themselves lay a firm foundation for the fascinating study of Comparative Mythology should they wish to go more deeply into it in the future.