Publisher's Synopsis
A study of the early traces of the legend of the Swan-Knight, and a account of its development in the stories of Lohengrin and Helyas, with notes on other knights of the Swan, and an account of the traditional order of the Swan. The author discusses the dates of the origin of the two most important developments of the legend, the documentary evidence thereof, and the development of the story through four centuries.
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"He has successfully avoided the pedantic dryness while keeping hold on scholarly accuracy; and the book will appeal to the lay readers, whose interest to their department of literary activity."
-N. Y. Times [1910]
