Wonder Stories

Overview:

  • Title: Wonder Stories
  • Author: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
  • Year: 1920
  • Publisher: Milton Bradley Company
  • Pages: 344
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Pygmies
  • Notes: This is primarily a re-telling of Greek myths for young readers, but includes some stories with original twists in them. Most stories are retold by the editor; three stories are from other authors.
    One story is listed as "How a Wooden Horse Won a City" on its title page, but as "How a Wooden Horse Won a War" in the Table of Contents.
    The interior art consists of 6 full-color plates by Clara Burd, which are listed with the stories that they illustrate. The inside front (and back) cover is an uncolored 2-page version of "Iris Crossing the Rainbow," the illustration for "A Little Errand Girl's New Dress". The cover is also the interior artwork for "When Apollo Was Herdsman".