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with much pains, and skilfully employed. Round the figure of

Charlemagne—the Charlemagne of legend, not of history—are grouped the knightly figures of whom Roland is the most picturesque.

Then there are Ogier the Dane, and Oliver of Genoa, Duke Aymon, and many more. Many of these stories will be new to their readers, who, indeed, could hardly find a more interesting book.