Nathaniel Hawthorne 
A Wonder Book For Girls & Boys [EPUB ebook] 

During six weeks of the summer of 1851 the ‚Wonder-Book‘ was written. It is a children’s book, made up of classic legends, re-told for them, and set in a slight frame-work, as entertainment given to a company of children at Tanglewood, a Hawthorne family residence in Berkshire.
Contents:
The Gorgon’s Head
The Golden Touch
The Paradise Of Children
The Three Golden Apples
The Miraculous Pitcher
The Chimera