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The Book of Merlin; the Book of Sir Balin, from Malory's King Arthur ™ L- 2.043 | 5 ttersifte Cfitratae Series !! NUMBER 158 MALORY& KING ARTHUR Books I and II MERLIN, AND SIR BAL1N Pou^hton.^liffHn^^o IES STANE HOOLS This S Poems, in a careful] nd critical Notes, ar umbers of the Serie 1. Sc 2. Sc 3- Sc Class ?T?zQ4^ 4. Ti 5. Se Rook ,Ci"- Hon. Con- Daughter, A Dream Copyright^ )ak, Locks The Brook, COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT Ti Tj eras. Re~ ^ere, Titho- ariana, Sea Dreams, Aylmer's Jtneld, Mariana in trie South, Locksley Hall Sixty Years After, etc. 8. Tennyson's Coming of Arthur, and Other Idylls of the King. Containing The Dedication, The Coming of Arthur, Gareth and Lynette, The Marriage of Geraint, Geraint and Enid, Balin and Balan, Merlin and Vivien. 9. Tennyson's Lancelot and Elaine, and Other Idylls of the King. This volume contains the rest of the Idylls of the King : Lancelot and Elaine. 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A Selection from Whittier's Child Life in Prose.** 72. Milton's L'Allegro, II Penseroso, Comus, Lycidas, and Sonnets.*** 73. Tennyson's Enoch Arden, and Other Poems* For explanation ofsigns see end of list. Wtyt Kitoersi&e ilitcrature Series THE BOOK OF MERLIN THE BOOK OF SIR BALIN FROM MALORY'S KING ARTHUR WITH CAXTON'S PREFACE EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH AND GLOSSARY BY CLARENCE GRIFFIN CHILD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY Boston : 4 Park Street ; New York : 85 Fifth Avenue Chicago : 378-388 Wabash Avenue CONTENTS PAGE Introductory Sketch . iii Caxton's Preface xviii The Book of Merlin 1 The Book of Sir Balin 53 Glossary 85 LIBRaKY »f CONGRESS Two Cepies Received MAR 9 1904 ^ Copyright Entry >+- c? -&Lr . 1. ") - I <\ CLASS «- XX©, No Ft? - 1. n COPY 8 Copyright, 1904, By HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. 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