The Life of the Moselle / From its source in the Vosges Mountains to its junction with the Rhine at Coblence
THE LIFE OF THE MOSELLE.
LONDON: Printed by G. Barclay, Castle St. Leicester Sq.
Ein donnernd Hoch aus voller Brust
Ersling zum Himmel laut,
Dir schönem, deutschem Moselstrom,
Dir, deutschen Rheines Braut!
Julius Otto.
Octavius Rooke
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Illustrations,
CHAPTER I.
BIRTH OF THE MOSELLE.
CHAPTER II.
NOONDAY CLOUDS.
CHAPTER III.
ADÈLE AND GUSTAVE.
CHAPTER IV.
THEOLINDA.
THE MIRACULOUS SHIRT.
PLOT OF THE CORDELIERS.
CHAPTER V.
MOSELLE FLOWERS.
CHAPTER VI.
LEGEND OF THE GREAT CANAL FROM TRÈVES TO COLOGNE.
THE RING.
THE CRUCIFIX IN THE MARKET-PLACE.
THE GREAT MASSACRE.
ST. MATERN.
THE FIRST FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.
THE ANIMATED WINE-CASKS.
CHAPTER VII.
THE FERRY.
CHURCH MUSIC.
CHAPTER VIII.
LEGEND OF GENOVEVA.
TRITHEMIUS AND THE EMPEROR.
CHAPTER IX.
THE HARVEST.
PRAISE OF WATER.
CHAPTER X.
REFLECTIONS.
THE CELL OF EBERHARD.
THE BLOOMING ROSES.
LEGEND OF VELDENZ.
CHAPTER XI.
THE BEST DOCTOR.
THE BAD MAURUS.
CHAPTER XII.
BREAK OF DAY.
THE PRIZE OF BEAUTY?
THE CASK IN RESERVE.
ERMESINDE.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE BISHOP’S RANSOM.
THE LILY IN THE CHOIR.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE VALLEY OF HUSBANDS.
THE PALE NUN.
THE GOLD CROWN.
CHAPTER XV.
LINES ON THE KÄSEGROTTE.
LINES ON THE PETER’S BRUNNEN.
EVENING SHADOWS.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE ANGEL WORKMEN.
GISELA.
A LIBEL ON NIGHTINGALES.
THE SHIPMASTER’S DAUGHTER OF BEILSTEIN.
CHAPTER XVII.
LEGEND OF COCHEM.
CHAPTER XVIII.
IVY-GIRT RUINS.
LEGEND OF ST. CASTOR.
THE PERFORATED HARNESS.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BISHOP’S SERMON.
THE LAST KNIGHT OF EHRENBURG.
THE TIMELY WARNING.
SIEGE OF THURON.
CHAPTER XX.
THE RED SLEEVE.
THE HERMIT OF COBERN.
THE CHARACTERISTIC MARK OF COBERN.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE SUCCESSION OF THE SEASONS.
THE FATE OF THE FALSE SWEARER.
CHAPTER XXII.
LEGEND OF THE MOSELLE BRIDGE.
SAINT RITZA.
CORPORAL SPOHN.
HENRY AND BERTHA.
THE POET’S DEATHBED.
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