Sidney Lanier 
Boy’s Mabinogion 
Being the Earliest Welsh Tales of King Arthur in the Famous Red Book of Hergest

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. MY dear children, – Infants as you yet are, I feel that I can not dedicate more fitly than to you these venerable relics of ancient lore, and I do so in the hope of inciting you to cultivate the Litera ture of Gwyllt Walia, in whose beautiful language you are being initiated, and amongst whose free mountains you were born.