Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

Hawthorne in his Wonder Book has described the beautiful Greek myths and traditions but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep. Although they are a part of the mythical period of American history these hazy legends were altogether disdained by the earlier historians; indeed George Bancroft made it a matter of actual pride that the beginning of the American annals was bare and literal