KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
By Maude L. Radford
Illustrated by
Walter J. Enright
[Illustration: The Holy Grail]
Rand, M^cNally & Company
CHICAGO . NEW YORK . LONDON
_Copyright_, 1903,
By MAUDE L. RADFORD
[Illustration] TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
_A List of Illustrations_ 8
How Arthur Became King 11
The Good Sword Excalibur 29
The Great Feast and What Followed 35
Arthur's Court and the Order of the Round Table 49
King Arthur and the Princess Guinevere 64
The Coming of Gareth 73
The Story of Sir Gareth and Lynette 85
Sir Ivaine 99
Sir Balin 120
Sir Geraint and Enid 131
Arthur and Sir Accalon 142
How Arthur Fought with a Giant 153
How Arthur Fought with Rome 160
The Knight with the Badly Made Coat 171
Sir Lancelot and Sir Brune 177
The Adventure of King Pellenore 193
Sir Lancelot and His Friends 199
How Sir Lancelot Saved the Queen 213
Sir Lancelot and Elaine 226
The Search for the Holy Grail 243
The Death of Arthur 260
[Illustration] A LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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_King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table_ Frontispiece
_"All about him old oaks stood like giant guardians"_ 10
_"He hardly more than touched the sword"_ 25
_Arthur and the Lady of the Lake_ 31
_King Bors and King Ban_ 41
_"Arthur saw Guinevere bending over the wall"_ 65
_"Gareth rode at him fiercely"_ 93
_"He dismounted and poured water into the fountain"_ 105
_"They fought till their breath failed"_ 129
_"King Arthur raising his hand for silence"_ 167
_"The king touched him lightly with his sword"_ 175
_"He pushed him until he was but a step from the edge"_ 191
_"He struck so fiercely the bottom fell out"_ 209
_"She staid near it all day long in the turret"_ 231