For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood has captivated our imagination. The courteous and swashbuckling, Robin Hood is a outlaw yet a local hero as he defends the underprivileged against oppression. His enemies are the rich and the corrupt but his strongest allegiance is to his band of Merry men.

Consisting of a series of episodes, the novel complies traditional material into a coherent narrative in a colorful, old English that preserves some flavor of the ballads, and adapts it for children. The Merry adventures of Robin Hood is a story about flying arrows, lurking danger and medieval intrigue.

The novel is notable for taking the subject of Robin hood, which had been increaingly popular through the 19th century, in a new direction that influenced later writers, artists, and film makers through the next century.