was Howard Pyle's first book. Toward the end of his career, Pyle again celebrated the life and deeds of a traditional cultural hero, King Arthur. In a series of four volumes (The Story of King Arthur and His Knights; The Story of the Champions of the Round Table; The Story of Sir Launcelot and his Companions; and The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur), Pyle points to the knights of the Round Table as models of courage, humility, and moral rectitude.

His vigorous account of the adventures of Arthur and his knights is one of the earliest and still one of the best renditions of this significant cultural legend available for young people today.