systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be,
They are but broken lights of Thee,
And Thou, oh Lord, art more than they."

JEAN LANG.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Teutonic Heathendom._

[2] John Kelman, D.D., _Among Famous Books_.

CONTENTS

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PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA 1

PYGMALION 11

PHAETON 16

ENDYMION 26

ORPHEUS 31

APOLLO AND DAPHNE 42

PSYCHE 46

THE CALYDONIAN HUNT 69

ATALANTA 78

ARACHNE 82

IDAS AND MARPESSA 90

ARETHUSA 100

PERSEUS THE HERO 105

NIOBE 124

HYACINTHUS 129

KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH 134

CEYX AND HALCYONE 144

ARISTAEUS THE BEE-KEEPER 154

PROSERPINE 161

LATONA AND THE RUSTICS 169

ECHO AND NARCISSUS 174

ICARUS 181

CLYTIE 189

THE CRANES OF IBYCUS 192

SYRINX 197

THE DEATH OF ADONIS 202

PAN 209

LORELEI 220

FREYA, QUEEN OF THE NORTHERN GODS 227

THE DEATH OF BALDUR 234

BEOWULF 244

ROLAND THE PALADIN 266

THE CHILDREN OF LIR 289

DEIRDRE 306

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"What was he doing, the great god Pan,
Down in the reeds by the river?" _Frontispiece_