7 TALES FROM KING ARTHUR'S COURT The American Weekly Covers

Written by John Erskine and beautifully illustrated by Edmund Dulac, these stories were originally published in The American Weekly and have been expertly collected into a single volume by Albert Seligman. This popular newspaper supplement thrived until 1966 but was at its peak in the '30s and '40s. It commissioned Dulac, as well as Flagg, Finlay, Vargas and others, to create eye-catching covers and wonderfully illustrated stories. Here are some of the best, never before collected. A 24-page introduction looks at all the wonderfully illustrated King Arthur collections, with illustrations, from Howard Pyle and Aubrey Beardsley, to N.C. Wyeth and H.J. Ford. “Since Malory’s time, many writers have used these legends and retold them in their own language. The English authors Tennyson, Swinburne, Matthew Arnold and William Morris have rendered several of the old stories in verse. And noteworthy too, are Wagner’s magnificent music dramas: Parsifal, which recounts the legend of the Holy Grail, and Tristan and Isolde, perhaps the most famous love story of all times. Mr. John Erskine is now added to this company of distinguished interpreters, who retells them delightfully for readers of The American Weekly.” -Attributed to Watson Crewes Jr., The American Weekly, February 4, 1940.