A few words may therefore be said about the Romances contained in this book. In the editor's opinion, romances are only fairy tales grown up. The whole mass of the plot and incident of romance was invented by nobody knows who, nobody knows when, nobody knows where.
Thus the romances are a mixture of popular tales, of literary invention, and of history as transmitted in legend. To the charm of fairy tale they add the fascination of the age of chivalry, yet I am not sure but that children will prefer the fairy tale pure and simple, nor am I sure that their taste would be wrong, if they did. (Andrew Lang)
Thus the romances are a mixture of popular tales, of literary invention, and of history as transmitted in legend. To the charm of fairy tale they add the fascination of the age of chivalry, yet I am not sure but that children will prefer the fairy tale pure and simple, nor am I sure that their taste would be wrong, if they did. (Andrew Lang)
Frontispiece
The Drawing of the Sword
The Questing Beast
The Sword Excalibur
The Story of Sir Balin
The Passing of Merlin
How Morgan Le Fay tried to kill King Arthur
What Beaumains asked of the King
The Quest of the Holy Graal
The Adventure of Sir Galahad
How Sir Lancelot saw a vision, and repented of his sins
The adventure of Sir Percivale
The adventure of Sir Bors
The fight for the Queen
Lancelot and Guenevere
The end of it all
The Battle of Roncevalles
The Pursuit of Diarmid
Some Adventures of William Short Nose
Wayland the Smith
The Story of Robin Hood
The Story of Grettir the Strong
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