Book excerpt: Excerpt from Legends and Tales These stories were written many years ago, and had a wide circulation in their original form. They are old-world tales re-told for modern children, and breathe the spirit which inspires to heroic action. The modern world has need of the self-sacrifice of Gangs, of the courage of Perseus, and its Helpers of to-morrow are among the young of to-day. Annie besant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.