The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire

Howard Pyle

**The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire** is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Pyle compiled the traditional Robin Hood ballads as a series of episodes of a coherent narrative. For his characters' dialog, Pyle adapted the late Middle English of the ballads into a dialect suitable for children. The novel is notable for taking the subject of Robin Hood, which had been increasingly popular through the 19th century, in a new direction that influenced later writers, artists, and filmmakers through the next century. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood))