For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy