![]() ![]() "Age of Fable," First Edition, 1855 "The Age of Chivalry," 1858 To give it the greatest possible usefulness, is set forth in the In writing out the results of his reading, in simple, condensedįorm for young or busy readers. Which he had begun at Harvard, and his chief pleasure in life lay Leisure time he used for further pursuit of the classical studies For a long time later in life he wasĮmployed as an accountant in the Boston Merchants' Bank. He finished his scholastic trainingĪt Harvard College, and after taking his degree was for a period a His boyhood was spent in that city, and he prepared forĬollege in the Boston schools. Thomas Bulfinch was a native of Boston, Mass., where he was born Name Bulfinch in itself has no significance. ![]() ![]() To the majority of this great circle of readers and students the Have remained stored in their minds since those early years. The work as children, and, it may be added, will no doubt discoverįrom a fresh perusal the source of numerous bits of knowledge that Of the present edition will probably recall coming in contact with Renown as a work with which every one must claim some acquaintanceīefore his education can be called really complete. "Robinson Crusoe," and five or six other productions of world-wide "Pilgrim's Progress," "Gulliver's Travels," "The Arabian Nights," "The Age of Fable" has come to be ranked with older books like No new edition of Bulfinch's classic work can be consideredĬomplete without some notice of the American scholar to whose wideĮrudition and painstaking care it stands as a perpetual monument. BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY THE AGE OF FABLE THE AGE OF CHIVALRY LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE BY THOMAS BULFINCH COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY *** ![]()
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