INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PART I.

THE DRAWING OF THE SWORD.

THE SWORD EXCALIBUR.

HOW THE ROUND TABLE BEGAN.

THE STORY OF SIR BALIN.

WHAT BEAUMAINS ASKED OF THE KING.

HOW MORGAN LE FAY TRIED TO KILL KING ARTHUR.

THE PASSING OF MERLIN.

PART II. THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAAL . I. How the King went on

PART III. THE FIGHT FOR THE QUEEN.

THE FAIR MAID OF ASTOLAT.

PART IV.

LANCELOT AND GUENEVERE.

THE END OF IT ALL.

NOTES

Transcriber's Notes

Longmans’ Class-Books of English Literature

TALES OF KING ARTHUR
AND
THE ROUND TABLE

ADAPTED FROM
THE BOOK OF ROMANCE
BY
ANDREW LANG

WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, ETC., BY
J. C. ALLEN
AND
TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY
H. J. FORD

NEW IMPRESSION

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