In &quot;The Golden Age&quot;, first published in 1895 by Kenneth Grahame, the much loved creator of Winnie The Pooh, &nbsp;readers are granted an insight into the writer&#39;s childhood.&nbsp;<br /><br />Some of the stories in it had already appeared in various magazines. It was greeted by poets like Swinburne with much praise and almost instantly regarded as a classic. What&#39;s interesting about &quot;The Golden Age&quot; is that in this book, Grahame uses the metaphor of Ancient Greek legends and stories as parallels to his own life. The adults are termed &ldquo;The Olympians&rdquo; appearing remote, inaccessible and lofty to a child, beings that no longer know how to have fun. Their activities are incomprehensible to the young mind while they had no interest in the doings of their wards. Grahame&#39;s humorous yet ironical tone lends a touch of fun to the adult world as seen through the eyes of a child.<br />Other chapters describe the fun of being outdoors, visitors and relatives who come to the house, childhood games of Roundheads and Royalists, King Arthur&#39;s Knights, bandits and damsels in distress, knights errant, soldiers and princesses and everything else that a group of high spirited children could devise out of their boundless imaginations. Youthful escapades, stolen fruit, daredevil stunts and the carefree days of childhood are vividly captured in &quot;The Golden Age&quot;.<br /><br />For modern day readers, these recollections are interesting and in almost complete contrast to children&#39;s lives today, yet the book is an amusing and easy read for all ages.