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THE
LOST LAND OF KING ARTHUR
Photo: R. Webber, Boscastle]
KING ARTHUR’S CASTLE AND EXECUTION ROCK,TINTAGEL
[Frontispiece
THE LOST LAND
OF KING ARTHUR
BY
J. CUMING WALTERS
“On the one hand we have the man Arthur, ... on theother is a greater Arthur, a more colossal figure, of whichwe have, so to speak, but a torso, rescued from the wreckof the Celtic Pantheon.”—Professor Rhys.
“There is truth enough to make him famous besidesthat which is fabulous.”—Bacon.
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ltd.
1909
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
FOREWORD
Within a small area in the West Country maybe found the principal places mentioned in thewritten chronicles of King Arthur—places withstrange long histories and of natural charm. Inthese pages an impressionist view is given of theregion once called Cameliard and Lyonnesse. Wehave ventured into by-ways seldom entered, andwe trust to have gathered a few details whichmay not be wholly without interest in their place.Facts are meagre about King Arthur, and romancehas so overlaid reality that his realm seems nowto be veritably a part of fairy-land. In thisrespect the journey is profitless, save that, bytaking Malory as a guide, we are led to a fewdelightful and half-forgotten localities out of theordinary route, from which romance has not beenwholly dislodged and where tradition survivesand is strong.