Junior Classics: The Young Folks' Shelf of Books - Popular Edition
published by P.F. Collier & Son Company
Edited by Mabel Williams and Marcia Dalphin
Introduction to First Edition by Charles W. Eliot, L.L. D. (Formerly President of Harvard University)
Introduction by William Allan Neilson, LL.D.. (President Emeritus, Smith College )
William W. Beardsley, Editorial Director
Copyright 1938, 1948, 1949, 1958

Vol. III Myths and Legends 

• Stories From the Myths of Greece and Rome
• Phaeton by Thomas Bulfinch
• Prometheus the Firebringer by W.M.L. Hutchinson
• Perseus by Charles Kingsley
• The Argonauts by Charles Kingsley
• The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar by Elsie Finnimore Buckley
• The Winning of Atalanta by Elsie Finnimore Buckley
• The Divine Musician by Elsie Finnimore Buckley
• The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Chimaera by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Miraculous Pitcher by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Stories From the Norse Myth:
• How All Things Began by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• How All-Father Odin Became Wise by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• The Apples of Youth by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• How the Fenris Wolf Was Chained by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• How the Pride of Thor Was Brought Low by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• How Thor’s Hammer Was Lost and Found by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• The Story of Balder the Beautiful by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• How Hermod Made a Journey to the Underworld by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• How Loki Was Punished at Last by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
• Stories From the Jataka Tales of India
• The Spirit That Lived in a Tree by Marie L. Shedlock
• The Monkey That Saved the Herd by Marie L. Shedlock
• The Elephant That Was Honored in Old Age by Marie L. Shedlock
• The Faithful Friend by Marie L. Shedlock
• The Banyan Deer by Marie L. Shedlock
• Stories of The American Indian
• The Coyote and the Fox by Elizabeth W. De Huff
• Pah-Tay and the Wind Witch by Elizabeth W. De Huff
• The Porcupine’s Quill by Arthur C. Parker  
• How Rock-Dweller the Chipmunk Gained His Stripes by Arthur C. Parker
• How the Coyote Danced with the Blackbirds by Frank Hamilton Cushing
• The Serpent of the Sea by Frank Hamilton Cushing
• Scarface (Origin of the Medicine Lodge) by George Bird Grinnell
• Old Legends
• The Proud King by Horace E. Scudder
• Saint George and the Dragon by Horace E. Scudder
• The Bell of Justice by Horace E. Scudder
• William Tell by Horace E. Scudder
• The Image and the Treasure by Horace E. Scudder
• The Flying Dutchman by Horace E. Scudder
• Arthur in the Cave by Jenkyn Thomas
• The Emperor’s Vision by Selma Lagerlof
• The Legend of St. Christopher from The Golden Legend
• Legends of Beasts and Saints by Helen Waddll

• The Abbot Gerasimus and the Lion
• St. Werburga of Chester and the Wild Geese
• St. Godric and the Hunted Stag
• St. Cuthbert’s Birds and Bartholomew, The Hermit of Farne
• St. Moling and the Fox
• St. Colman and the Cock, the Mouse, and the Fly
• St. Keven and the Blackbird

• Saint Martin and the Honest Man by Padraic Colum
• How the Son of the Gobhaun Saor Sold the Sheepskin by Ella Young
• How the Son of the Gobhaun Saor Shortened the Road by Ella Young