A Legend of Camelot, Pictures and Poems, etc

by George du Maurier

A Legend of Camelot, &c.

A LEGEND of CAMELOT,

Pictures and Poems,

ETC.

By GEORGE du MAURIER.

NEW YORK AND LONDON:

HARPER AND BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

1898.

INTRODUCTION.

 

 

THE "Legend of Camelot," with the other Poems and Pictures, &c., which make up the present Volume, originally appeared in the pages of Punch, with the exception of the Poem entitled "A Lost Illusion." This was printed in the "Recreations of the Rabelais Club," issued for private circulation, and was there illustrated by a reduced extract (with slight variation) from the Picture now given.

⁠October, 1897.

CONTENTS.

1. FOLIO

2. A LEGEND OF CAMELOT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

3. FLIRTS IN HADES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   13

4. POOR PUSSY'S NIGHTMARE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   14

5. THE CONTRAST ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   16

6. THE FOOLS' PARADISE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   18

7. A LOST ILLUSION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   20

8. VERS NONSENSIQUES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

9. L'ONGLAY À PARRY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   41

10. TWO THRONES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    45

11. A LOVE-AGONY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    47

12. A SIMPLE STORY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    49

13. A BALLAD OF BLUNDERS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    53

14. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE JACK SPRATTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    56

15. A MODEL HERO OF MODERN ROMANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    91