Errata. for attribuée a Nennius read attribuée à Nennius 9, note (last §) for “A'propos de Nennius" read "Apropos de Nennius" 12, note 25 for Romauia read Romania 19, end of 20th line for fictitous read fictitious Page 8, note 19 20, 15th line " 21, 10th line from end 21, 3d line from end 25, note 46 for Gallowey read Galloway for Celtic cources read Celtic sources 22, note 41 for H. Tausenfreund read H. Tausendfreund - for Wacc's life read Wace's life 27, 15th line of text for thatis read that is, read expanded for (11. read (11. 35, 19th line for Holinshead read Holinshed line for G. Cohn read G. Cohen 73, 4th line of text for Wales read Wales, for Morgan le Fe read "Morgan le Fe for W. E. Meade's read W. E. Mead's place a comma after Conalle 89, note 108 - for Introdnction read Introduction 101, end of 2d line of full paragraph 113, 11th line read As was said above 124, text, 3d line from end read prob-able for Heinrich von der Türlin read Heinrich 127, 6 lines from bottom for Perceval46) read Perceval 18 , 130, 4th line for and Taliesin, wsich read and Taliesin, which for exzept read except for Caerlleon read Caerleon for all told read all told; for Saga of... read Saga 169, 18th line of text read Her lover, however, , 171, 6th line of text read until , 193, note 4, end of first line for comance read romance Page 203, 11th line of note for Otherwold bridge read Otherworld bridge 207, note 26, 4th line from end for la Lancelot read le Lancelot " 211, last line of footnote for elsew-here read else-where " 214, note 37, 2d line for critieism read criticism read More likely it 225, note 5, 6th line omit the comma after He argues 17 228, 9th line begin a new paragraph with Next follows 239, line 3 for put in chaims read put in chains 241, 7th line " 244, 8th line from end of text 250, 5th line of for wides-pread read wide-spread note 33 for thero is any read there is any 259, 9th line of new paragraph 265, note 56, 9th line from end " 278, note 4, 10th line from end " 283, next to last line of footnote " 284, " 289, 2d line 77 297, 19th line for fhe African read the African for Naassenc read Naassene place a comma after although - for his discardal of read his discarding of " 298, 6th line of note for Christ' smiracle read Christ's miracle 322, 5th line of first note for expedition tho read expedition to " 339, 6th line for to his source. read to his source, 391, note 38, 4 lines from end for,Lancelot, read ,in Lancelot, number of last footnote is 58 " 400, first word of last line of note 67 for ime read time 401, 13th line, last word for Charate read Charete 415, note 119 for Lot, Lancelot, read Lot, Lancelot read in terms of 430, note 178, last word of 3d line read constructive last word of 4th line last word of 6th line 434, last word on the page should be of read places read Didot Perceval 441, note 214, end of first line for thougth read thought 481, page caption for Conte del Brait Merlin read Li Contes del 448, 11th line for contains read contains, 3 Chapter I. Early Traditions Concerning Arthur in the Chronicles and Elsewhere. In the earliest recorded traditions concerning Arthur, he is represented as a victorious leader of the Britons early in the sixth century, it would appear - in their desperate struggle against the Anglo-Saxon invaders. But did any such person ever actually exist? The candid historian must admit that the evidence on the subject (which we shall review in this chapter) is meagre, relatively late, and almost wholly fantastic, and that, consequently, an affirmative answer to this question is, by no means, inevitable. Nevertheless, we may say that under the conditions that prevailed in the wild years just referred to there is nothing unlikely in the supposition that some born leader of men may have emerged from the mass of the Britons and by his energy and valor have enabled them to win such signal, though temporary, successes over their enemies as to have secured for him a legendary fame with posterity. Moreover, strong confirmation of Arthur's historical character seems afforded by the fact that his name is, in its origin, not Celtic, but Roman, being derived from the name, Artorius, which occurs in Tacitus and Juvenal3 and which is, 1 Cp. Heinrich Zimmer, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen for Oct. 10, 1890, p. 818. The German scholar cites ibid., note 1, various Celts with Roman names, e. g. Constantinus and Aurelius (Conan) among the Celtic princes denounced by Gildas (first half of the sixth century). Even the names of some of the best-known characters that figure in Celtic tales were derived from the Romans, e. g. Yvain-Owein from Eugenius, Geraint from Gerontius, Kei (perhaps) from Caius. Similarly, R. Thurneysen, Zs. f. deutsche Philologie, XXVIII, 91, note 1, with reference to Ywein, and ibid., 97, note 1, with reference to Urien (Urbgen) = Urbigenus. It was a curious fancy of A. Holtzmann's, |