THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED
THE IDEAL WORLD
By Edward Bulwer Lytton (Lord Lytton)
CONTENTS
[ ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION. ]
[ PREFACE. ]
[ THE IDEAL WORLD ]
[ THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO QUEEN NYMPHALIN
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE LOVERS
[ CHAPTER III. ] FEELINGS
[ CHAPTER IV. ] THE MAID OF MALINES
[ CHAPTER V. ] ROTTERDAM.—THE CHARACTER OF THE DUTCH
[ CHAPTER VI. ] GORCUM.—THE TOUR OF THE VIRTUES: A PHILOSOPHER’S TALE
[ CHAPTER VII. ] COLOGNE.—THE TRACES OF THE ROMAN YOKE
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE SOUL IN PURGATORY; OR LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH
[ CHAPTER IX. ] THE SCENERY OF THE RHINE ANALOGOUS TO THE GERMAN LITERARY
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE LEGEND OF ROLAND.—THE ADVENTURES OF NYMPHALIN
[ CHAPTER XI. ] WHEREIN THE READER IS MADE SPECTATOR WITH THE ENGLISH
[ CHAPTER XII. ] THE WOOING OF MASTER FOX
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE TOMB OF A FATHER OF MANY CHILDREN
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] THE FAIRY’S CAVE, AND THE FAIRY’S WISH
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE BANKS OF THE RHINE.—FROM THE DRACHENFELS TO BROHL
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] GERTRUDE.—THE EXCURSION TO HAMMERSTEIN
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] LETTER FROM TREVYLYAN
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] COBLENTZ.—EXCURSION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF TAUNUS
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] THE FALLEN STAR; OR THE HISTORY OF A FALSE RELIGION
[ CHAPTER XX. ] GLENHAUSEN.—THE POWER OF LOVE IN SANCTIFIED PLACES
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] VIEW OF EHRENBREITSTEIN.—A NEW ALARM
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] THE DOUBLE LIFE.—TREVYLYAN’S FATE
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] THE LIFE OF DREAMS
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] THE BROTHERS
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.—A COMMON INCIDENT
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] IN WHICH THE READER WILL LEARN HOW THE FAIRIES
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] THURMBERG.—A STORM UPON THE RHINE
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] THE VOYAGE TO BINGEN.—THE SIMPLE INCIDENTS
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] ELLFELD.—MAYENCE.—HEIDELBERG.—A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] NO PART OF THE EARTH REALLY SOLITARY.—THE SONG
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] GERTRUDE AND TREVYLYAN, WHEN THE FORMER IS AWAKENED
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] A SPOT TO BE BURIED IN
[ CHAPTER THE LAST. ] THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TALE
TO HENRY LYTTON BULWER.