By
Peter Rosegger

With an Appreciation by Maude Egerton King
And a Biographical Note by Dr. Julius Petersen

The Vineyard Press
London: A. C. Fifield, 13 Clifford's Inn, E.C.
1912


WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH


Contents

PAGE
[Frontispiece:] The Forest Farm. Drawn by Melicent Norris
Rosegger: An Appreciation. By Maude Egerton King[9]
Peter Rosegger: A Biographical Note. By Dr. Julius Petersen. With a portrait[15]
I.My Father and I. Illustrated by M. E. K. and L. E.[29]
II.How I Gave God my Sunday Jacket. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[36]
III.Christmas Eve. Translated by M. E. K.[42]
IV.A Last Will and Testament. Translated by M. E. K.[61]
V.How Little Maxel's House was Burned Down. Translated by M. E. K. and L. G.[74]
VI.Three Hundred and Sixty-four Nights and a Night. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[80]
VII.How the White Kid Died. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[86]
VIII.Children of the World in the Forest. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[93]
IX.How Meisensepp Died. Translated by Louise Evers[105]
X.The Corpus Christi Altar. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[114]
XI.About Kickel, who went to Prison. Translated by Ethel Blount[124]
XII.How I Came to the Plough. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[142]
XIII.The Recruit. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[146]
XIV.A Forgotten Land. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[161]
XV.The Schoolmaster. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[170]
XVI.The Stag on the Wall. Translated by Melicent Norris and M. E. King[179]
XVII.Forest-Lily in the Snow. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[186]
XVIII.The Sacred Cornfield. Translated by M. E. King and L. Swietokowski[190]
XIX.About my Mother. Translated by A. T. de Mattos[195]