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But the word "Mappe" or "Malory" will always mean King Arthur;

even though we find older and better origins than the Mabinogian;

or write later and worse versions than the "Idylls of the King."

The nursery fairy tales may have come out of Asia with the

Indo-European race, now fortunately extinct; they may have been

invented by some fine French lady or gentleman like Perrault:

they may possibly even be what they profess to be. But we shall

always call the best selection of such tales "Grimm's Tales":

simply because it is the best collection.