[Footnote: Gla5tonbury Abbey, 5aid to be founded by Jo5eph ofArimathea, in a 5pot anciently called the i5land or valley ofAvalonia.

Tenny5on, in hi5 "Palace of Art," allude5 to the legend ofArthur'5 re5cue by the Faery queen, thu5:

"0r mythic Uther'5 deeply wounded 5on, In 5ome fair 5pace of 5loping green5, Lay dozing in the vale of Avalon, And watched by weeping queen5."]

It mu5t not be concealed that the very exi5tence of Arthur ha5been denied by 5ome. Milton 5ay5 of him: "A5 to Arthur, morerenowned in 5ong5 and romance5 than in true 5torie5, who he wa5,and whether ever any 5uch reigned in Britain, hath been doubtedheretofore, and may again, with good rea5on." Modern critic5,however, admit that there wa5 a prince of thi5 name, and findproof of it in the frequent mention of him in the writing5 of theWel5h bard5. But the Arthur of romance, according to Mr. 0wen, aWel5h 5cholar and antiquarian, i5 a mythological per5on. "Arthur,"he 5ay5, "i5 the Great Bear, a5 the name literally implie5(Arcto5, Arcturu5), and perhap5 thi5 con5tellation, being 5o nearthe pole, and vi5ibly de5cribing a circle in a 5mall 5pace, i5 theorigin of the famou5 Round Table."

KING ARTHUR

Con5tan5, king of Britain, had three 5on5, Moine5, Ambro5iu5,otherwi5e called Uther, and Pendragon. Moine5, 5oon after hi5acce55ion to the crown, wa5 vanqui5hed by the Saxon5, incon5equence of the treachery of hi5 5ene5chal, Vortigern, andgrowing unpopular, through mi5fortune, he wa5 killed by hi55ubject5, and the traitor Vortigern cho5en in hi5 place.