London:
MARCUS WARD & CO., 67 & 68, CHANDOS STREET
And ROYAL ULSTER WORKS, BELFAST
1877

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Barbarossa's Youthful Dream.[7]
King Laurin.[32]
The Dwarf of Venice.[54]
Rhine Gold:[100]
The Friendship of the Dwarfs.
PART I. The Dying Dwarf-Queen[115]
PART II. The Friends of the Rock[124]
The Flower of Iceland.[142]
The Sea-fairy.[172]
The Faithful Goblin.[201]
The Fallen Bell.[223]
The Last Home of the Giants.[249]

Illustrations.

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Helga in the Fairy King's Paradise (p. 155)[Frontispiece.]
Frederick takes leave of Gela[7]
Barbarossa in the Holy Land[21]
Barbarossa and Gela in the Kyffhäuser[27]
Vreneli in King Laurin's Rose-Garden[32]
King Laurin in Vreneli's Cottage[43]
The Dwarf of Venice takes his Departure for his Native Land[54]
Hans sees King Laurin's Kingdom in the Magic Mirror[63]
Hans receives a hearty Welcome from an Old Friend[92]
Haco throws the Treasure of the Nibelungen into the Rhine[100]
Charlemagne meets with Kriemhild[109]
The Countess Matilda restores the Dwarf-Queen to Health[115]
Eckbert's Wild Ride on Kuno's Horse[124]
Kuno listens to the Wise Man's Talk[134]
Helga at her Mother's Feet[142]
"In Helga's Heart Memory ceased to thrill"[155]
The Old Man beside the Corpse of Antonio[172]
Antonio in the Crystal Castle[178]
Antonio lays the dead Maiden in her last Resting-place[189]
First Acquaintance with Puck[201]
"Gero caught Puck suddenly and set him before him on his Saddle"[212]
The Storm hurls the Bell into the Stream[223]
The Water-elf and the little Soul on the Raft of Water-lilies[238]
Aslog returns to her Father[249]
Guru awakes the Rock to Life[269]

[Barbarossa's Youthful Dream.]