Howard Pyle 
The Adventures of Robin Hood 
Illustrated Edition

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Consisting of a series of episodes in the story of the English outlaw Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, the novel compiles traditional material into a coherent narrative in a colorful, invented /’old English/’ idiom that preserves some flavor of the ballads, and adapts it for children.