Howard Pyle

A retelling of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.

A short verse introduces a fairy tale for each hour of the day and night, including such tales as: "Bearskin," "The Clever Student and The Master of Black Arts," "The White Bird," "The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre," and "King Stork."

A brave young man who has been raised by a bear with unusual powers rescues a princess from a menacing dragon and fulfills a long-ago prophecy that he would marry the king's daughter.

The gentle son of a medieval German robber baron, raised in the calm and thoughtful quiet of a monastery, returns to his father's castle and, despite great suffering and blood-feuds, grows to honor and manhood.