For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.