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 Robin Hood THE PRINCE OF OUTLAWS A Tale of the Fourteenth Century, from the 'Lytell Geste' By Carola Oman Illustrated by JACK MATTHEW There are several versions of the classic Robin Hood legend in print to-day, and many conflicting theories as to its historical accuracy. Miss Carola Oman, whose work as a serious historian is too well known to need introduction here, has studied every one of the thirty-eight ballads, starting with the first story of all of which the only copy in the world is in the Cambridge University Library. It was published about 1495, and in her particularly interesting preface Miss Oman describes it, and the second copy of it that was published fifty years later. She has set her tale of Robin Hood in the days of Edward II. The book is a first-rate piece of work, and a valuable contribution to the literature on this ever-popular charac- ter, as well as a thrilling historical story. FOR OLDER READERS [Large crown 8vo] 3/6 Library Edition 5/-