There are numerous timehonored stories which have become so incorporated intothe literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is anindispensable ... » 

There are numerous timehonored stories which have become so incorporated intothe literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is anindispensable part of ones education. These stories are of several differentclasses. To one class belong the popular fairy tales which have delighteduntold generations of children and will continue to delight them to the end oftime. To another class belong the limited number of fables that have come downto us through many channels from hoar antiquity. To a third belong the charmingstories of olden times that are derived from the literatures of ancientpeoples such as the Greeks and the Hebrews. A fourth class includes the halflegendary tales of a distinctly later origin which have for their subjectscertain romantic episodes in the lives of wellknown heroes and famous men orin the history of a people. «