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Several of the readers of this little work (first published in 1819) have derived much amusement from the mistakes of others respecting its nature and object. It has been by some represented as a serious attempt to inculcate universal scepticism; while others have considered it as a jeu d'esprit, &c.[1] The author does not, however, design to entertain his readers with accounts of the mistakes which, have arisen respecting it; because many of them, he is convinced, would be received with incredulity; and he could not, without an indelicate exposure of individuals, verify his anecdotes. of the most popular legends in England from the time of. | Havelok the Dane 1 Havelok the Dane The Project Gutenberg EBook of Havelok The Dane by Charles Whistler This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title Havelok The Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln Author Charles Whistler Release Date July 7 2004 EBook 12847 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HAVELOK THE DANE Produced by Martin Robb. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln. By Charles W. Whistler PREFACE. If any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the fisher and his foster-son Havelok the Dane it may be found in the fascination of the story itself which made it one of the most popular legends in England from the time of the Norman conquest at least to that of Elizabeth. From the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries it seems to have been almost classic and during that period two full metrical versions---one in Norman-French and the other in English--- were written besides many other short versions and abridgments which still exist. These are given exhaustively by Professor Skeat in his edition of the English poem for the Early English Text Society and it is needless to do more than refer to them here as the sources from which this story is gathered. These versions differ most materially from one another in names and incidents while yet preserving the main outlines of the whole history. It is evident that there has been a far more ancient orally-preserved tradition which has been the original of the freely-treated poems and concise prose statements of the legend which we have. And it seems possible from among the many variations and from under the disguise of the mediaeval forms in which it has been hidden to piece together what this original may have been at least with some .
