OR

BEAUTIES OF MYTHOLOGY

BY

THOMAS BULFINCH

A NEW, REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

EDITED BY

REV. J. LOUGHRAN SCOTT, D.D.

"O, ye delicious fables! where the wave

And woods were peopled, and the air, with things

So lovely! why, ah! why has science grave

Scattered afar your sweet imaginings?"

BARRY CORNWALL.

WITH A CLASSICAL INDEX AND DICTIONARY AND NEARLY
TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS

PHILADELPHIA

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ΤΟ

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW,

THE POET ALIKE OF THE MANY AND OF THE FEW,

THIS ATTEMPT TO POPULARIZE

MYTHOLOGY,

AND EXTEND THE ENJOYMENT OF ELEGANT LITERATURE,

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

To E. L. S.

Bo'na De'a, Clym'e-ne,

Ni'ke, Psy'che, Graces three,
Myths, indeed,

Compared with thee.

EDITOR.