The Wonder Clock by Howard Pyle (Part 1)

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The Wonder Clock

by Howard Pyle

PREFACE.

I PUT on my dream -cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.
Along the road I jogged and never dusted my shoes, and all the time the pleasant sun shone and never burned my back, and the little white clouds floated across the blue sky and never let fall a drop of rain to wet my jacket. And by and by I came to a steep hill.
I climbed the hill, though I had more than one tumble in doing it, and there, on the tip-top, I found a house as old as the world itself.
That was where Father Time lived ; and who should sit in the sun at the door, spinning away for dear life, but Time's Grandmother herself; and if you would like to know how old she is you will have to climb to the top of the church steeple and ask the wind as he sits upon the weather-cock, humming the tune of Over-yonder song to himself. " Good-morning," says Time's Grandmother to me. " Good-morning," says I to her. " And what do you seek here ?" says she to me. " I come to look for odds and ends," says I to her. " Very well," says she ; " just climb the stairs to the garret, and there you will find more than ten men can think about."
" Thank you," says I, and up the stairs I went. There I found all manner of queer forgotten things which had been laid away, nobody but Time and his Grandmother could tell where.
Over in the corner was a great, tall clock, that had stood there silently with never a tick or a ting since men began to grow too wise for toys and trinkets.

The adventures of Odysseus (Part 1)

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THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS

Retold in English by
Francis Sydney Marvin,
R. J. G. Mayor
and
Florence Melian Stawell

Illustrated by Charles Robinson

PREFACE

It has been our aim in this book to reproduce the substance of Homer's Odyssey in simple modern Enghsh. Told in this way, the story seems to us one which children might understand and enjoy among their earliest fairy-tales. At the same time we hope that such a version may, in many cases, prove more acceptable to older readers than a literal translation. We have not hesitated to omit and compress where we thought fit, but we have done our best to make a faithful translation within our limits, and to keep what we could of the Homeric spirit.
We have used in most cases the Greek proper names, as Zeus^ Atloena^ and Odysseus^ rather than the Latin forms, Jupiter^ Minerva^ and Ulysses^ which claim to represent them. The Latin names, no doubt, are somew^hat more familiar, but their associations are misleading; while the Greek originals do not, we think, offer
Preface
any serious difficulty, and are steadily becoming better known. For the customary term Phaeacians^ which seemed to us awkward, we have ventured to substitute Sea-kifigs^ a title suggested by the character of the people and the seafaring names in use among them.
F. S. M.
R. y. G. M.
F. M. S.