Excerpt from The Story of the Odyssey, or the Adventures of Ulysses: For Boys and Girls A few thoughts upon the nature of the work may be appropriate here. The many points of difference in the Iliad' and Odyssey have raised the question of their common authorship but the best judgment ascribes them both to the same gifted mind. This very difference is a mark of the fertile genius of their great author, and gives an added charm to each. The Iliad, says one. 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.