During six weeks of the summer of 1851 the "Wonder-Book" was written. It is a children's book, made up of classic legends, re-told for them, and set in a slight frame-work, as entertainment given to a company of children at Tanglewood, a Hawthorne family residence in Berkshire. Contents: The Gorgon's Head The Golden Touch The Paradise Of Children The Three Golden Apples The Miraculous Pitcher The Chimera