KING ARTHUR
and the Knights of the Round Table
EDITED BY RUPERT S. HOLLAND
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers NEW YORK
Copyright, 1919, by
George W. Jacobs & Company
Printed in the United States of America
"This girdle, lords," said she, "is made for the mostpart of mine own hair, which, while I was yet in the world, I loved fullwell."
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE COMING OF ARTHUR AND THE FOUNDING OF THE ROUND TABLE
I. Merlin Foretells the Birth of Arthur
II. The Crowning of Arthur and the Sword Excalibur
III. Arthur Drives the Saxons from His Realm
IV. The King's Many and Great Adventures
V. Sir Balin Fights with His Brother, Sir Balan
VI. The Marriage of Arthur and Guinevere and the Founding of the RoundTable
VII. The Adventure of Arthur and Sir Accolon of Gaul
VIII. Arthur is Crowned Emperor at Rome
IX. Sir Gawain and the Maid with the Narrow Sleeves
THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE
X. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
XI. The Adventures of Sir Beaumains or Sir Gareth
XII. The Adventures of Sir Tristram
SIR GALAHAD AND THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL
XIII. The Knights Go to Seek the Grail
THE PASSING OF ARTHUR
XIV. Sir Lancelot and the Fair Elaine
XV. The War Between Arthur and Lancelot and the Passing of Arthur
INTRODUCTION
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table! What magic is in thewords! How they carry us straight to the days of chivalry, to thewitchcraft of Merlin, to the wonderful deeds of Lancelot and Percevaland Galahad, to the Quest for the Holy Grail, to all that "gloriouscompany, the flower of men," as Tennyson has called the king and hiscompanions! Down through the ages the stories have come to us, one ofthe few great romances which, like the tales of Homer, are as fresh andvivid to-day as when men first recited them in court and camp andcottage. Other great kings and paladins are lost in the dim shadows o