Excerpt from Tennyson's Idylls of the King: The Coming of Arthur; Gareth and Lynette; Lancelot and Elaine; The Passing of Arthur The editor of this volume desires expressly not to apologize for supplying either introduction, notes, or guides to the study of the four poems which it con tains. The execution of his plan may be faulty but he is quite firm in his conviction that poems of this sort need introduction, explanatory notes, and stimu lating questions for the proper study of them. The word study is used advisedly. A lazy, cursory reading of such poetry may edify a mind of superior type; but the average mind cannot travel here in such princely fashion. The reader may soar, if he has wings or he may climb, if he can and will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.