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THE BOY'S LIBRARY OF LEGEND AND CHIVALRY.
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THE BOY'S PERCY.
Edited with an Introduction by Sidney Lanier. With 50 text and
full page illustrations by E. B. Bensell. 1 vol., 12mo $2.00
"He who walks in the way these following ballads point will be manful
in necessary fight, fair in trade, loyal in love, generous to the
poor, tender in the household, prudent in living, plain in speech,
merry upon occasion, simple in behavior, and honest in all
things."--_From Mr. Lanier's Introduction._
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KNIGHTLY LEGENDS OF WALES; or,
THE BOY'S MABINOGION.
Being the Earliest Welsh Tales of King Arthur in the famous
Red Book of Hergest. Edited for Boys, with an Introduction by
Sidney Lanier. With 12 full-page illustrations by
Alfred Fredericks. One volume, crown 8vo, extra cloth $2.00
"Amid all the strange and fanciful scenery of these stories,
character and the ideals of character remain at the simplest and
purest. The romantic history transpires in the healthy atmosphere of
the open air on the green earth beneath the open sky.... The figures
of Right, Truth, Justice, Honor, Purity, Courage, Reverence for Law
are always in the background; and the grand passion inspired by the
book is for strength to do well and nobly in the world."--_The
Independent._
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THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR.
Being Sir Thomas Mallory's History of King Arthur and his
Knights of the Round Table. Edited for Boys, with an
Introduction by Sidney Lanier. With 12 full-page
illustrations by Alfred Kappes. One volume, crown 8vo,
extra cloth $2.00
"Unconsciously as he reads of the brave deeds wrought by the gallant
soldiers told of by Froissart or fancied by Mallory, the boy's heart
is thrilled and his higher nature throbs with knightly longings. He
craves for himself the sturdy courage of Bevis of Hampton, the
courtly grace of Launcelot, the purity of Gallahad; and he hates with
an honest hatred that unleal scoundrel, King Mark. He learns that he
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