Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

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

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

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

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

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.

Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.