Produced by Tom Allen, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE JUNIOR CLASSICS: A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS [Illustration: HE SEIZED THE HILT AND INSTANTLY DREW FORTH THE SWORD (Page 16) From the painting by Walter Crane] THE JUNIOR CLASSICS SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN Managing Editor of the Harvard Classics INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D. President Emeritus of Harvard University WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D. Professor of English, Harvard University President, Smith College, Northampton, Mass., since 1917 VOLUME FOUR: HEROES AND HEROINES OF CHIVALRY CONTENTS PREFACE THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR Of Arthur's Birth and How He Became King (Beatrice Clay) The Round Table (Beatrice Clay) Merlin the Magician (Beatrice Clay) The Sword Excalibur (Sir Thomas Malory) Sir Launcelot and the Adventure of the Castle Perilous (Beatrice Clay) Sir Launcelot and the Falcon (Beatrice Clay) The Adventures of Sir Gareth (Beatrice Clay) The Coming of Sir Galahad (Beatrice Clay) How Sir Galahad Won the Red Cross Shield (Beatrice Clay) The Adventures of Sir Percivale (Beatrice Clay) The Adventures of Sir Bors (Beatrice Clay) The Adventures of Sir Launcelot (Beatrice Clay) How Sir Launcelot Saw the Holy Grail (Beatrice Clay) The End of the Quest (Beatrice Clay) The Fair Maid of Astolat (Beatrice Clay) THE MABINOGION Kynon's Adventure at the Fountain (Lady Charlotte Guest) Owain's Adventure at the Fountain (Lady Charlotte Guest) Gawain's Adventure in Search of Owain (Lady Charlotte Guest) The Adventure of the Lion (Lady Charlotte Guest) How Pwyll Outwitted Gawl (Lady Charlotte Guest) How Manawyddan Caught a Thief (Lady Charlotte Guest) The Story of Lludd and Llevelys (Lady Charlotte Guest) TALES FROM EARLY ENGLISH CHRONICLES The Adventures of King Horn (F. J. H. Darton) Horn is Dubbed Knight (F. J. H. Darton) Horn the Knight Errant (F. J. H. Darton) Horn in Exile (F. J. H. Darton) Horn's Return (F. J. H. Darton) The King of Suddenne (F. J. H. Darton) Havelok Hid from the Traitor (F. J. H. Darton) Havelok Married Against His Will (F. J. H. Darton) Havelok Wins Back His Kingdom (F. J. H. Darton) The Fair Unknown (F. J. H. Darton) The Fight With the Two Giants (F. J. H. Darton) In the Castle of the Sorcerers (F. J. H. Darton) TALES TOLD BY CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMS The Old Woman and the Knight (F. J. H. Darton) Death and the Three Revellers (F. J. H. Darton) Patient Griselda (F. J. H. Darton) TALES FROM FRENCH AND ITALIAN CHRONICLES Ogier the Dane (Thomas Bulfinch) A Roland for an Oliver (Thomas Bulfinch) The Treason of Ganelon (Sir George W. Cox) The Great Battle of Roncesvalles (Sir George W. Cox) Charlemagne Revenges Roland (Sir George W. Cox) How Thierry Vanquished Ganelon (Sir George W. Cox) Rinaldo and Bayard (Thomas Bulfinch) How the Child of the Sea Was Made Knight (Robert Southey)