Books with author Hamilton Wright (Editor) Mabie

"FAIRIES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW"The fairy tale is a poetic recording of the facts of life, an interpretation by the imagination of its hard conditions, an effort to reconcile the spirit which loves freedom and goodness and beauty with its harsh, bare and disappointing conditions. It is, in its earliest form, a spontaneous and instinctive endeavor to shape the facts of the world to meet the needs of the imagination, the cravings of the heart. It involves a free, poetic dealing with realities in accordance with the law of mental growth; it is the naïve activity of the young imagination of the race, untrammelled by the necessity of rigid adherence to the fact.The myths record the earliest attempt at an explanation of the world and its life; the fairy tale records the free and joyful play of the imagination, opening doors through hard conditions to the spirit, which craves power, freedom, happiness; righting wrongs and redressing injuries; defeating base designs; rewarding patience and virtue; crowning true love with happiness; placing the powers of darkness under control of man and making their ministers his servants. In the fairy story, men are not set entirely free from their limitations, but, by the aid of fairies, genii, giants and demons, they are put in command of unusual powers and make themselves masters of the forces of nature.The oldest fairy stories constitute a fascinating introduction to the book of modern science, curiously predicting its discoveries, its uncovering of the resources of the earth and air, its growing control of the tremendous forces which work in earth and air. And it is significant that the recent progress of science is steadily toward what our ancestors would have considered fairy land; for in all the imaginings of the childhood of the race there was nothing more marvellous or more audaciously improbable than the transmission of the accents and modulations of familiar voices through long distances, and the power of communication across leagues of sea without mechanical connections of any kind.The faculty which created the fairy tale is the same faculty which, supplemented by a broader observation and based on more accurate knowledge, has broadened the range and activities of modern man, made the world accessible to him, enabled him to live in one place but to speak and act in places thousands of miles distant, given him command of colossal forces, and is fast making him rich on a scale which would have seemed incredible to men of a half-century ago. There is nothing in any fairy tale more marvellous and inherently improbable than many of the achievements of scientific observation and invention, and we are only at the beginning of the wonders that lie within the reach of the human spirit!No one can understand the modern world without the aid of the imagination, and as the frontiers of knowledge are pushed still further away from the obvious and familiar, there will be an increasing tax on the imagination. The world of dead matter which our fathers thought they understood has become a world of subtle forces moving with inconceivable velocity; nothing is inert, all things are transformed into other and more elusive shapes precisely as the makers of the fairy tales foresaw and predicted; the world lives in every atom just as their world lived; forces lie just outside the range of physical sight, but entirely within the range of spiritual vision, precisely as the tellers of these old stories divined; mystery and wonder enfold all things, and not only evoke the full play of the mind, but flood it with intimations and suggestions of the presence of more elusive and subtle forces, of finer and more obedient powers, as the world of fairies, magi and demons enfolded the ancient earth of daily toil and danger.

Rooted in an oral tradition, fantastic sagas of Norse mythology found their way into print seven centuries ago, in documents known as the Eddas. This book presents 17 of the most popular tales, from the creation of the world to the death of the gods and the world’s destruction.Masterfully retold, the legends include Odin's trip to Mimer in search of knowledge, the making of Thor's hammer, the loss of Idun's wondrous apples, and the task of securing the dreaded Fenris-wolf with unbreakable silken twine devised from "the sound of a cat’s footsteps, the roots of the mountains, the breath of a fish, and the sinew of a bear." Here, too, are accounts of "The Wooing of Gerd," "Thor Goes a Fishing," "The Death of Balder," "How Loki Was Punished," "The Twilight of the Gods," and "The New Earth."

Hamilton Wright Mabie, A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. (1846-1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. At the young age of 16 he passed his college entrance examination, but waited a year before he attended Williams College (1867) and the Columbia Law School (1869). He received honorary degrees from his own alma mater, from Union College, and from Western Reserve and Washington and Lee universities. Although he passed his bar exams in 1869 he hated both the study and practice of law.

If there had been no real heroes there would have been created imaginary ones, for men cannot live without them. The hero is just as necessary as the farmer, the sailor, the carpenter and the doctor; society could not get on without him. There have been a great many different kinds of heroes, for in every age and among every people the hero has stood for the qualities that were most admired and sought after by the bravest and best; and all ages and peoples have imagined or produced heroes as inevitably as they have made ploughs for turning the soil or ships for getting through the water or weapons with which to fight their enemies. To be some kind of a hero has been the ambition of spirited boys from the beginning of history; and if you want to know what the men and women of a country care for most, you must study their heroes. To the boy the hero stands for the highest success: to the grown man and woman he stands for the deepest and richest life.

Contains the everlasting fairy tales of:ONE EYE, TWO EYES, THREE EYES THE MAGIC MIRROR THE ENCHANTED STAG HANSEL AND GRETHEL THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP THE HISTORY OF ALI BABA, AND OF THE FORTY ROBBERS KILLED BY ONE SLAVE THE SECOND VOYAGE OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR THE WHITE CAT THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE TWELVE BROTHERS THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS TOM THUMB BLUE BEARD CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER PUSS IN BOOTS THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK JACK THE GIANT KILLER LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD THE THREE BEARS THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA THE UGLY DUCKLING THE LIGHT PRINCESS What! No Children? Won't I, Just? She Can't Be Ours! Where Is She? What Is to Be Done? She Laughs Too Much Try Metaphysics Try a Drop of Water Put Me in Again! Look at the Moon Hiss Where Is the Prince Here I Am This Is Very Kind of You Look at the Rain BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

How is this book unique? 15 IllustrationsTablet and e-reader formattedOriginal & Unabridged EditionBest fiction books of all timeOne of the best books to readClassic Bestselling NovelShort Biography is also includedClassic historical fiction booksBestselling FictionLong ago, in Dutch Fairy Land, there were located a young mermaid who had been very proud of the woman's good looks. She has been one of a class of mere or lake individuals dwelling not far through the sea. Her home was a great pool of mineral water that was half common salt and half fresh, correctly lay around an is near the mouth of any river. Part of manufactured, when the sea tides were out, she splashed and played, dove and swam in the soft water of this inland current. When the particular ocean heaved and this salt water rushed within, the mermaid floated along with frolicked and paddled to her heart's content. The girl father was a gray-bearded merryman and really proud of his good looking daughter. He owned an island near the river mouth area, where the young mermaids held their picnics and parties as well as received the visits connected with young merrymen.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . ix CHAPTER PAGK I. THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES ... 3 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") II. THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS ... 27 (Hawthorne's " Tanglewood Tales ") III. THE CHIMERA 65 (Hawthorne's " Wonder Book ") IV. THE GOLDEN TOUCH .... 92 (Hawthorne's " Wonder Book ") V. THE GORGON'S HEAD . . . . 112 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") VI. THE DRAGON'S TEETH .... 140 (Hawthorne's " Tanglewood Tales ") VII. THE MIRACULOUS PITCHER . . . 174 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") VIII. THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN ... 197 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") IX. THE CYCLOPS 216 (Church's " Stories from Homer ") X. THE ARGONAUTS 227 (Kingsley's " Greek Heroes ") XI. THE GIANT BUILDER 299 (" In Days of Giants ") XII. How ODIN LOST His EYE ... 308 ("In Days of Giants") XIII. THE QUEST OF THE HAMMER . . . 316 (" In Days of Giants ") XIV. THE APPLES OF IDUN .... 330 (" Norse Stories ") XV. THE DEATH OF BALDER .... 337 (" Norse Stories ") XVI. THE STAR AND THE LILY .... 348 (Miss Emerson's " Indian Myths ")

The fairy tale is a poetic recording of the facts of life, an interpretation by the imagination of its hard conditions, an effort to reconcile the spirit which loves freedom and goodness and beauty with its harsh, bare and disappointing conditions. It is, in its earliest form, a spontaneous and instinctive endeavor to shape the facts of the world to meet the needs of the imagination, the cravings of the heart.Classics included in this volume include:One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes,The Magic Mirror,The Enchanted Stag,Hansel and Grethel,The Story of Aladdin,This Story of Ali Baba,The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor,The White Cat,The Golden Goose,The Twelve Brothers,The Fair One With the Golden Locks,Tom Thumb,Blue Beard,Cinderella,Puss In Boots,The Sleeping Beauty In the Wood,Jack and The Bean-Stalk

Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wrightby Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916; Wright, George, illPublication date 1908, c1900Topics Mythology, NorsePublisher New York : Dodd, MeadCollection newyorkpubliclibrary; iacl; americanaDigitizing sponsor MSNLanguage EnglishAddeddate 2007-10-04 15:03:53Bookplateleaf 0006Camera Canon 5DExternal-identifier urn:oclc:record:1049905109[WorldCat (this item)]Foldoutcount 0Identifier norsestoriesreto00mabiIdentifier-ark ark:/13960/t3qv3fx9qOpenlibrary_edition OL7136272M