Attila and the Huns

by Edward Hutton

ATTILA AND THE HUNS

BY
EDWARD HUTTON
AUTHOR OF “RAVENNA”

LONDON
CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD.
1915

TO
BELOVED ITALY
WITH WHOM
IN THIS HOUR
OF RENEWED PERIL
ONCE MORE
WE FIGHT
THE BARBARIANS
A.D. 401-1915

INTRODUCTION

“There is a race on Scythia’s verge extreme

Eastward beyond the Tauris’ chilly stream.

The Northern Bear looks on no uglier crew;

Bare is their garb, their bodies foul to view,

Their souls are ne’er subdued to sturdy toil