Later, a nearby mansion was renamed Tanglewood, where outdoor classical concerts were held, which became a Berkshire summer tradition. The owner of the cottage, a railroad baron, renamed the cottage 'Tanglewood' in honor of the book written there. Although Hawthorne informs us in the introduction that these stories were also later retold by Cousin Eustace, the frame stories of A Wonder-Book have been abandoned.Hawthorne wrote the first book while renting a small cottage in the Berkshires, a vacation area for industrialists during the Gilded Age.

In the introduction, Hawthorne writes about a visit from his young friend Eustace Bright, who requested a sequel to A Wonder-Book, which impelled him to write the Tales. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children.Overview: The book includes the myths of: Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter: 'The Minotaur')Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: 'The Pygmies')Dragon's Teeth (Chapter: 'The Dragon's Teeth')Circe's Palace (Chapter: 'Circe's Palace')Proserpina, Ceres, Pluto, and the Pomegranate Seed (Chapter: 'The Pomegranate Seed')Jason and the Golden Fleece (Chapter: 'The Golden Fleece')Hawthorne wrote introduction, titled 'The Wayside', referring to The Wayside in Concord, where he lived from 1852 until his death. Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900-1931) 1] was an American artist and illustrator.Sterrett received her first commission at the age of 19 (shortly after she was diagnosed with tuberculosis) from the Penn Publishing Company to illustrate Old French Fairy Tales (1920), a collection of works from the 19th-century French author, Comtesse de S gur (Sophie Fedorovna Rostopchine).Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.

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