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_The_ KINGS TREASURIES OF LITERATURE
GENERAL EDITOR
SIR A.T. QUILLER COUCH
[Illustration: THE LADY OF THE LAKE TELLETH ARTHUR
OF THE SWORD EXCALIBUR]
NEW YORK--E.P. DUTTON & COMPANY
[Illustration: FIRST AND CHIEF OF ALL THE
THREE BEST MOST CHRISTIAN
AND WORTHY, KING ARTHUR]
STORIES FROM LE MORTE D'ARTHUR
AND THE MABINOGION
RETOLD BY
BEATRICE CLAY
LONDON & TORONTO--J.M. DENT & SONS Ltd.
SOLE AGENT FOR SCOTLAND
THE GRANT EDUCATIONAL CO. LTD.
GLASGOW
FIRST EDITION, 1920
REPRINTED, 1922, 1924
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BOOK I.--THE COMING OF ARTHUR
I. OF ARTHUR'S BIRTH; AND HOW HE BECAME KING
II. THE ROUND TABLE
III. OF THE FINDING OF EXCALIBUR
IV. OF THE TREACHERY OF QUEEN MORGAN LE FAY
V. HOW THE SCABBARD OF EXCALIBUR WAS LOST
VI. MERLIN
VII. BALIN AND BALAN