Excerpt from Ancient Legends of Different Nations: Many of Them From Old Books Now Out of Print In the days of King Arthur and the Round Table there lived in an old German town a quaint little maiden called by her friends the Rose Maiden. She loved the beautiful roses above all flowers and her garden filled with their choicest blooms was her especial pride. The pure white rose, her favorite, she had earnestly striven to procure; but alas! It grew among the crags of the steepest mountains, and only to him of pure heart, of lofty mind, and of strong purpose, was given the power to find it. As Sir Galahad, bravest of knights, rode forth upon his noble steed, armed for the quest of the Holy Grail, the little maid approached and said, Pray, Sir Knight, will you not bring to me the white rose for my garden, for only he of purest heart has the power to obtain it? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.