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THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER LEGENDS THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW A SELECTION OF THE GREAT LEGENDS OF ALL TIMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE EDITED BY HA…
WIGWAM LEGEND OF HIAWATHA [Footnote: This story is ascribed to Abraham le Fort, an Onondaga chief, a graduate of Geneva College. The poem of Longfellow has given it general interest. Hiawatha is an …
BEOWULF Old King Hrothgar built for himself a great palace, covered with gold, with benches all round outside, and a terrace leading up to it. It was bigger than any hall men had ever heard of, and t…
CHILDE HORN There dwelt once in Southland a King named Altof, who was rich, powerful, and gentle. His Queen was named Gotthild, and they had a young son called Horn. The rain never rained, the sun ne…
SIR GALAHAD My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. The shattering trumpet shrilleth hig…
RUSTEM AND SOHRAB Give ear unto the combat of Sohrab against Rustem, though it be a tale replete with tears. It came about that on a certain day Rustem arose from his couch, and his mind was filled w…
THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS One of the most picturesque myths of ancient days is that told by Jacques de Voragine, in his "Legenda Aurea": "The seven sleepers were natives of Ephesus…
GUY OF WARWICK Of all the nobles of Britain none was so strong as Rohand, Earl of Warwick, Rockingham, and Oxford. He made just laws, and made them to be obeyed; nor king nor baron in the land could …
CHEVY CHASE God prosper long our noble king, Our lives and safeties all; A woeful hunting once there did In Chevy Chase befall. To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took…
THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR Now at the time when the Tuatha de Danaan chose a king for themselves after the battle of Tailltin, and Lir heard the kingship was given to Bodb Dearg, it did not plea…
