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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

PREFACE·

PART FIRST.

I. - Robin Hood and the Tinker.

II. - The Shooting-Match at Nottingham Town.

III. - Will Stutely rescued by his Good Companions.

PART SECOND.

I. - Robin Hood turns Butcher.

II. - Little John goes to the Fair at Nottingham Town.

III. - How Little John lived at the Sheriffs House.

PART THIRD.

I. - Little John and the Tanner of Blyth.

II. - Robin Hood and Will Scarlet.

III. - The Merry Adventure with Midge the Miller.

PART FOURTH.

I. - Robin Hood and Allan a Dale.

II. - Robin seeketh the Curtal Friar of the Fountain.

III. - Robin Hood compasseth the Marriage of Two True Lovers.

PART FIFTH.

I. - Robin Hood aideth a Sorrowful Knight.

II. - How Sir Richard of the Lea paid his Debts to Emmet.

PART SIXTH.

I. - Little John turns Barefoot Friar.

II. - Robin Hood turns Beggar.

PART SEVENTH.

I. - Robin and Three of his Merry Men shoot before Queen Eleanor in Finsbury Fields.

II. - The Chase of Robin Hood.

PART EIGHTH.

I. - Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne.

II. - King Richard cometh to Sherwood Forest.

AFTERWORD

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

From the time he was a very small boy, Howard Pyle (1853-1911) loved pictures, especially the pictures in storybooks. At the age of twenty-one, Pyle began to contribute illustrations and fables to St. Nicholas magazine and later went on to write and illustrate books for children. His first successful title was The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883). Many more books followed, including Pepper and Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk, Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates, and The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. He also taught illustration at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and later set up his own art school in Wilmington, Delaware.

Stephen Knight is Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University, Wales. Educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Sydney, he has written widely on medieval and modern literature, especially on the tradition of Robin Hood. His most recent book is Robin Hood: A Mythical Biography.

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