LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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| Robin Hood and the Black Monk (William Sewell) | [Frontispiece] |
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| “The demon of evil, with his fierce ravening, greedily grasped them” (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [4] |
| Beowulf replies haughtily to Hunferth (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [12] |
| Beowulf finds the head of Aschere (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [22] |
| Beowulf shears off the head of Grendel (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [26] |
| The death of Beowulf (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [40] |
| The dream of the Emperor (Byam Shaw) | [46] |
| The Queen’s dilemma (Byam Shaw) | [60] |
| They filled the great vessel of silver with pure water (Byam Shaw) | [70] |
| “Havelok sat up surprised” (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [78] |
| “Havelok again overthrew the porters” (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [82] |
| “With great joy they fell on their knees” (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [88] |
| Olaf and Sigrid (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [98] |
| Howard leaves the house of Thorbiorn (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [106] |
| “The silver rolled in all directions from his cloak” (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [110] |
| “Thorbiorn lifted the huge stone” (J. H. F. Bacon, A.R.A.) | [116] |
| Charlemagne (Stella Langdale) | [120] |
| “Here sits Charles the King” (Byam Shaw) | [124] |
| “Ganelon rode away” (Byam Shaw) | [130] |
| “Charlemagne heard it again” (Byam Shaw) | [144] |
| Aude the Fair (Evelyn Paul) | [154] |
| “Day by day Cathleen went among them” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [162] |
| The peasant’s story (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [172] |
| “Thieves have broken into the treasure-chamber” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [176] |
| “Cathleen signed the bond” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [180] |
| “All three drove furiously towards Cruachan” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [190] |
| “Three monstrous cats were let into the room” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [192] |
| “The dragon sank towards him, opening its terrible jaws” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [196] |
| “The body of Uath arose” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [200] |
| “Go and do your own baking!” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [206] |
| “Lords, for Christ’s sake help poor Gamelyn out of prison!” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [214] |
| “Then cheer thee, Adam” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [218] |
| “Come from the seat of justice!” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [222] |
| “William continued his wonderful archery” (Patten Wilson) | [232] |
| Adam Bell writes the letter (Patten Wilson) | [234] |
| The fight at the gate (Patten Wilson) | [238] |
| William of Cloudeslee and his son (Patten Wilson) | [244] |
| “Wait for me seven years, dear wife” (Byam Shaw) | [252] |
| “The King blew a loud note on his bugle” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [268] |
| “Now you have released me from the spell completely” (W. H. Margetson, R.I.) | [282] |
| Queen Godhild prays ever for her son Horn (Patten Wilson) | [288] |
| Horn kills the Saracen Leader (Patten Wilson) | [298] |
| Horn and his followers disguised as minstrels (Patten Wilson) | [312] |
| “Little John caught the horse by the bridle” (Patten Wilson) | [316] |
| “I have no money worth offering” (Patten Wilson) | [320] |
| “Sir Richard knelt in courteous salutation” (Patten Wilson) | [324] |
| “Much shot the monk to the heart” (Patten Wilson) | [330] |
| “Her pleading won relief for them” (Gertrude Demain Hammond, R.I.) | [334] |
| Alftruda (Gertrude Demain Hammond, R.I.) | [340] |
| Hereward and the Princess (Gertrude Demain Hammond, R.I.) | [344] |
| Hereward and Sigtryg (Gertrude Demain Hammond, R.I.) | [348] |
INTRODUCTION
THE writer who would tell again for people of the twentieth century the legends and stories that delighted the folk of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries finds himself confronted with a vast mass of material ready to his hand. Unless he exercises a wise discrimination and has some system of selection, he becomes lost in the mazes of as enchanted a land,
“Where Truth and Dream walk hand in hand,”[1]