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
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