Chatterbox - Edited by Lawrence H. Francis with Illustrations by Harrison Weir and Others

I picked up a whole pile of Victorian books yesterday and this is one of my favorites [although there are many!]. Loaded w/ these very nice illustrations and very short anecdotal / mythological stories - mostly to teach people to be very afraid of nature. [today, it seems as if we are taught to be very afraid of people from far away - which doesn't show much progress]