This country is not Fairyland. What is it? 'Tis the land of Fancy, and is of that pleasant kind that, when you tire of it—whisk!—you clap the leaves of this book together and 'tis gone, and you are ready for everyday life, with no harm done.

And now I lift the curtain that hangs between here and No-man's-land. Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand.

Contents

[ PREFACE ] [ How Robin Hood Came to Be an Outlaw ] [ Robin Hood and the Tinker ] [ The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town ] [ Will Stutely Rescued by His Companions ] [ Robin Hood Turns Butcher ] [ Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair ] [ How Little John Lived at the Sheriff's ] [ Little John and the Tanner of Blyth ] [ Robin Hood and Will Scarlet ] [ The Adventure with Midge the Miller's Son ] [ Robin Hood and Allan a Dale ] [ Robin Hood Seeks the Curtal Friar ] [ Robin Hood Compasses a Marriage ] [ Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight ] [ How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts ] [ Little John Turns Barefoot Friar ] [ Robin Hood Turns Beggar ] [ Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor ] [ The Chase of Robin Hood ] [ Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne ] [ King Richard Comes to Sherwood Forest ] [ Epilogue ]

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PROLOGUE

Giving an account of Robin Hood and his adventure with the King's Foresters. Also telling how his band gathered around him, and of the merry adventure that gained him his good right hand man, the famous Little John.