A Wonder Book Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne In this book, Hawthorne takes a number of classical myths which have won the interest of readers for centuries and immaginatively presents them, connecting them by amusing incidents which take place outside of the actual telling of the legends themselves. The myths, which include "The Gorgon's Head," "The Golden Touch," "The Paradise of Childre... more »n," "The Three Golden Apples," "The Miraculous Pitcher," and "The Chimaera," are told by a student to his young cousins and sisters and brothers during his college vacations. Through their comments on the myths, each one manages to establish his own individuality and perception.« less