The Wonder Book of Horses

<p>The eighteen stories in this volume have been chosen with a thought to their educative value as well as for the intrinsic charm of the original narratives which in various forms have delighted many generations of readers. All have a literary interest connecting them with subjects with which every educated person is supposed to be familiar...</p><p>While you are reading this wonder-book of horses and finding entertainment in the biographies of winged steeds and war horses of knights-errant and godlike heroes you are really doing something more-you are making acquaintance with some of those wonderful and beautiful conceptions which in the form of classic literature have come down to us through the ages. - from the introduction by the author.</p>