Tales of Robin Hood

by Paul Creswick, J. Walker McSpadden, George Manville Fenn

You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath nought to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.

But you , Dear Reader, who revel in the adventures of clever and brave men, who feel for the oppressed and would see oppressors vanquished, these tales of Robin Hood were writ for you. And how many ways may men tell these tales, how many legends yet to be told?

Here, there are five volumes: one illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, one well-known by Howard Pyle, one a light-hearted journey through the fantasies of a boy, one a scholarly trek through the ages, and another just to tell the tale again.

Robin Hood, by Paul Creswick, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
Robin Hood, by J. Walker McSpadden
Young Robin Hood, by G. Manville Fenn
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle
The Ballads of Robin Hood and Other Outlaws, selected by Frank Sidgwick

1245 pages, Kindle Edition

About the author

James Paul Creswick (b. 1866) published his first story, "The Only Prince" in The Quarto in 1897. He is also known for his ghost story The Beaten Path: A Fantasy (1924) and sci-fi novel The Turning Wheel (1928), which combined mystical themes with contemporary disaster motifs. His Robin Hood and his Adventures (1902) is one of the tale's most famous adaptations.