What is "aladore"

Aladore is a classic allegorical fantasy novel by Henry Newbolt, an author better known for his poetry. It was first published in hardcover by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, in 1914. An American edition from E. P. Dutton & Company, followed in 1915. Its importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the fifth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September, 1975; the Newcastle edition was also the first paperback edition. A later edition were issued by Borgo Press in 1980.