The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood first published by Scribner's in 1883, and met with immediate success, ushering in a new era of Robin Hood stories. It helped solidify the image of a heroic Robin Hood, which had begun in earlier works such as Walter Scott's 1819 novel "Ivanhoe". In Pyle's wake, Robin Hood has become a staunch philanthropist protecting innocents against increasingly aggressive villains. Along with the publication of the Child Ballads by Francis James Child, which included most of the surviving Robin Hood ballads, Pyle's novel helped increase the popularity of the Robin Hood legend in the United States. "The Merry Adventures" also had
Robin Hood in popular culture Allinson in 1904. A 'companion' novel to Egan's text was published by J. H. Stocqueler in 1849 entitled "Maid Marian, the Forest Queen; Being a Companion to "Robin Hood"". The first Robin Hood novel written specifically for children appears to be Stephen Percy's "Tales of Robin Hood" (1840). John B. Marsh's children's book "Robin Hood" appeared in 1865, as did a penny dreadful entitled "Little John and Will Scarlet" (1865). The next major novel written was entitled "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle in 1883. In T.H. White's novel "The Sword in the Stone" (1938, later incorporated