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        [Illustration: LANCELOT BEARS OFF GUENEVERE (p. 153)]


                                 THE

                           BOOK OF ROMANCE




                              EDITED BY

                             ANDREW LANG


             _WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. J. FORD_




                       LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

                      39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON

                         NEW YORK AND BOMBAY

                                 1902




                            Copyright 1902

                                  BY

                        LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.

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_PREFACE_


It is to be supposed that children do not read Prefaces; these are
Bluebeard's rooms, which they are not curious to unlock. A few words
may therefore be