Chretien De Troyes has had the peculiar fortune of becoming the bestknown of the old French poets to students of mediaeval literature, andof remaining practically unknown to any one else. The acquaintance ofstudents with the work of Chretien has been made possible in academiccircles by the admirable critical editions of his romances undertakenand carried to completion during the past thirty years by ProfessorWendelin Foerster of Bonn. At the same time the want of public.