Teaser Tuesday 66: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

* Grab your current book or recent read.
* Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere in the book.
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away. You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author so that other participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser!


For Christmas, I received 100 Classic Books (USA version) for the Nintendo DS from my sister. A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys is the second book I have read on it. I remember reading these myths as a kid, so it's been fun reacquainting myself with them. The stories are narrated by Cousin Eustace, and this week's teaser comes from the epilogue of "The Golden Touch." And yes, this is only two sentences!

It is a peculiarity of these October days, that each of them seems to occupy a great deal of space, although the sun rises rather tardily at that season of the year, and goes to bed, as little children ought, at sober six o’clock, or even earlier. We cannot, therefore, call the days long; but they appear, somehow or other, to make up for their shortness by their breadth; and when the cool night comes, we are conscious of having enjoyed a big armful of life, since morning.

~A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
(pg 360/1052 of 100 Classic Books for Nintendo DS)

About the Book:
Written in 1852, A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys is a retelling of some of the most famous of Greek myths, re-written for children. The book includes: The Gorgon's Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimæra. The book was so popular when it was originally published, that Hawthorne published Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls only a year later.