by
Mark Twain
Title Page
Frontispiece
PREFACE
± PART I
A WORD OF EXPLANATION
CHAPTER I. CAMELOT
CHAPTER II. KING ARTHUR'S COURT
CHAPTER III. KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND
CHAPTER IV. SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST
CHAPTER V. AN INSPIRATION
CHAPTER VI. THE ECLIPSE
± PART II
CHAPTER VII. MERLIN'S TOWER
CHAPTER VIII. THE BOSS
CHAPTER IX. THE TOURNAMENT
CHAPTER X. BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER XI. THE YANKEE IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES
± PART III
CHAPTER XII. SLOW TORTURE
CHAPTER XIII. FREEMEN
CHAPTER XIV. "DEFEND THEE, LORD"
CHAPTER XV. SANDY'S TALE
CHAPTER XVI. MORGAN LE FAY
± PART IV
CHAPTER XVII. A ROYAL BANQUET
CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE QUEEN'S DUNGEONS
CHAPTER XIX. KNIGHT-ERRANTRY AS A TRADE
CHAPTER XX. THE OGRE'S CASTLE
CHAPTER XXI. THE PILGRIMS
CHAPTER XXII. THE HOLY FOUNTAIN
± PART V
CHAPTER XXIII. RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XXIV. A RIVAL MAGICIAN
CHAPTER XXV. A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
CHAPTER XXVI. THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
± PART VI
CHAPTER XXVII. THE YANKEE AND THE KING TRAVEL INCOGNITO
CHAPTER XXVIII. DRILLING THE KING
CHAPTER XXIX. THE SMALLPOX HUT
CHAPTER XXX. THE TRAGEDY OF THE MANOR-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXXI. MARCO
± PART VII
CHAPTER XXXII. DOWLEY'S HUMILIATION
CHAPTER XXXIII. SIXTH CENTURY POLITICAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE YANKEE AND THE KING SOLD AS SLAVES
CHAPTER XXXV. A PITIFUL INCIDENT
± PART VIII
CHAPTER XXXVI. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXXVII. AN AWFUL PREDICAMENT
CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIR LAUNCELOT AND KNIGHTS TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE YANKEE'S FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS
CHAPTER XL. THREE YEARS LATER
± PART IX
CHAPTER XLI. THE INTERDICT
CHAPTER XLII. WAR!
CHAPTER XLIII. THE BATTLE OF THE SAND BELT
CHAPTER XLIV. A POSTSCRIPT BY CLARENCE