PREFACE (to English Myths)
There is a wealth of interest in the myths and traditions of every land, and naturally most of all for us who are English, in the stories which have been current among the people of England.

INTRODUCTION (to English Legend)
We live in a storied land. There is hardly a mile of ENgland that has not some interesting association with history, or that does not possess some wild legend or some quaint romance of its own.