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About Bulfinch:
ThomasBulfinchwasanAmericanwriterborninNewtonMassachu-
setts.HeisbestknownastheauthorofBulfinch'sMythologyan1881
compilationofhispreviouswritings.InhisprefaceBulfinchoutlinedhis
purposewhichwas"…tellingthestoriesofmythologyinsuchaman-
nerastomakethemasourceofamusement.Wehaveendeavoredtotell
themcorrectlyaccordingtotheancientauthoritiessothatwhenthe
readerfindsthemreferredtohemaynotbeatalosstorecognizetheref-
erence.Thuswehopetoteachmythologynotasastudybutasarelaxa-
tionfromstudy;togiveourworkthecharmofastory-bookyetby
meansofittoimpartaknowledgeofanimportantbranchofeducation.
Theindexattheendwilladaptittothepurposesofareferenceand
make it a Classical Dictionary for the parlor."
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Publisher's Preface
NoneweditionofBulfinch'sclassicworkcanbeconsideredcomplete
withoutsomenoticeoftheAmericanscholartowhosewideerudition
andpainstakingcareitstandsasaperpetualmonument."TheAgeof
Fable"hascometoberankedwitholderbookslike"Pilgrim'sProgress
Gulliver'sTravelsTheArabianNightsRobinsonCrusoeandfive
orsixotherproductionsofworld-widerenownasaworkwithwhich
everyonemustclaimsomeacquaintancebeforehiseducationcanbe
calledreallycomplete.Manyreadersofthepresenteditionwil [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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would follow him.
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