[1] See [Note A], at the end of this volume. [↑]

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CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I [MISTRESS AND MINSTREL] 1
II [THE MAID OF BEAUTY] 14
III [THE GRAYBEARD AND HIS SON] 21
IV [THE WICKED HORNET] 32
V [THE TREE OF MAGIC] 43
VI [THE SMITHY] 49
VII [THE TEMPEST] 59
VIII [THE RECIPE] 66
IX [THE CALDRON] 73
X [THE FORGING OF THE SAMPO] 86
XI [THE HOMESICK HERO] 97
XII [THE UNFINISHED BOAT] 109
XIII [THE LAND OF TUONELA] 125
XIV [THE HAG OF THE ROCK] 137
XV [THE HERO’S RETURN] 145
XVI [THE WISDOM KEEPER] 151
XVII [THE LAUNCHING] [[viii]]162
XVIII [THE MAID OF THE MORNING] 168
XIX [THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY] 178
XX [THE FRIENDLY RIVALS] 190
XXI [THE BARKING DOGS] 196
XXII [THE OLD MAN’S WOOING] 207
XXIII [THE FIELD OF SERPENTS] 214
XXIV [THE GREAT PIKE] 225
XXV [THE BRIDEGROOM’S TRIUMPH] 235
XXVI [THE WEDDING FEAST] 242
XXVII [THE HOME COMING] 253
XXVIII [THE SLAVE BOY] 257
XXIX [A DREADFUL VENGEANCE] 271
XXX [THE GOLDEN MAIDEN] 278
XXXI [THE FAMINE] 292
XXXII [THE WEEPING SHIP] 298
XXXIII [THE KANTELE] 311
XXXIV [THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC] 320
XXXV [THE FLIGHT] 332
XXXVI [THE PURSUIT] 346
XXXVII [THE FATE OF THE SAMPO] 353

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ILLUSTRATIONS

[The Golden Maiden] Frontispiece

The flames died suddenly away, and out of the vessel there sprang a wonderful image—the image of a beautiful maiden.

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