BOOKS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD PYLE PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. THE STORY OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE. THE STORY OF SIR LAUNCELOT AND HIS COMPANIONS. THE STORY OF THE GRAIL AND THE PASSING OF ARTHUR. THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, OF GREAT RENOWN IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. THE GARDEN BEHIND THE MOON. A REAL STORY OF THE MOON ANGEL. OTTO OF THE SILVER HAND. [Illustration: Sir Galahad of the Grail.] [Illustration: The Story _of_ the Grail _and the Passing of_ Arthur. _by_ HOWARD PYLE. NEW YORK: _CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS_ 1910] _Copyright, 1910 By CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS_ Published September, 1910 [Illustration] Foreword. _In this volume there follows the fourth and last series of those histories relating to the life and to the kingship of Arthur, King of England. In this it shall first be told how it befell with Sir Geraint; then it shall be told how the Holy Grail was achieved by Sir Galahad, the son of Sir Launcelot; and then it shall be told how King Arthur passed from this life, and how, after doing battle right royally for his crown and having overcome his enemies, he was slain by one of them whom he had wounded to death. Much in this is sad, but much is not sad; for all endings are sad, and the passing of any hero is a sad thing to tell of; but the events and the adventures and the achievements of such a man are not sad. Thus it is here said that much of this is sad, but much is not sad. Now I have for seven years been writing these four books, and in them I have put the best that I have to say concerning such things. Wherefore I now hope that you may like that which I have thus written, for if you do not like it, then I have written in vain; but if you do like these narratives, and the several various incidents in them recounted, then you put the seal of your approval upon my work, and my reward is full._ _Know you that it is a very glorious thing for any man to achieve the approval of others; for all men write for approval, and all would win approval of their fellows if they were able to do so; wherefore, it is my strong hope that you may set the seal of your approval upon these books.