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A wonder book for girls and boys

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Crane, Walter, 1845-1915, ill, Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), publisher · 1893 · Cambridge [Mass.] : Printed at the Riverside Press, MDCCCXCIII [1893] · 52 pictures

A wonder book for girls and boys is an 1893 Cambridge, Massachusetts children's retelling of Greek myths by Nathaniel Hawthorne, printed at the Riverside Press and illustrated by Walter Crane. The framed colour plates show Pandora opening the box, Hercules among the nymphs, and Perseus displaying the Gorgon's head, with flat decorative figures, stylised trees and waves, and a patterned red and green palette a designer could draw on for classical motifs.

Juvenile literature · Literature · Mythology, Classical

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