THE VISION OF PURGATORY
By Dante Alighieri
Illustrated By Gustave Dore
LIST OF CANTOS
Canto 1
Canto 2
Canto 3
Canto 4
Canto 5
Canto 6
Canto 7
Canto 8
Canto 9
Canto 10
Canto 11
Canto 12
Canto 13
Canto 14
Canto 15
Canto 16
Canto 17
Canto 18
Canto 19
Canto 20
Canto 21
Canto 22
Canto 23
Canto 24
Canto 25
Canto 26
Canto 27
Canto 28
Canto 29
Canto 30
Canto 31
Canto 32
Canto 33
THE VISION OF PARADISE
By Dante Alighieri
Illustrated By Gustave Dore
LIST OF CANTOS
Canto 1
Canto 2
Canto 3
Canto 4
Canto 5
Canto 6
Canto 7
Canto 8
Canto 9
Canto 10
Canto 11
Canto 12
Canto 13
Canto 14
Canto 15
Canto 16
Canto 17
Canto 18
Canto 19
Canto 20
Canto 21
Canto 22
Canto 23
Canto 24
Canto 25
Canto 26
Canto 27
Canto 28
Canto 29
Canto 30
Canto 31
Canto 32
Canto 33
GUSTAVE DORE CARICATURES
CONTENTS.
GROTESQUE SKETCHES
PICTURES OF LIFE IN THE COUNTRY
LIFE IN THE PROVINCES
LIFE IN A LITTLE PROVINCIAL TOWN
DAY SCHOOLS AND BOARDERS
NEW YEAR'S DAY
AT THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
PEOPLE WHO "GIVE THEMSELVES AIRS IN SOCIETY"
THE RACES
CONSEQUENCES OF THE LONDON EXHIBITION OF 1832
SKETCHES IN PARIS
PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE
PARIS OUT OF DOORS
SCENES IN THE CHAMPS ELYSEES
GROTESQUE SKETCHES
THE TUILERIES GARDENS
THE ENGLISH IN PARIS
EXTRACTS FROM CELEBRATED AUTHORS
A SALE BY AUCTION
SCRAPS
THINGS WE SEE AND HEAR
THINGS THAT ARE AGREEABLE
SAYINGS AND DOINGS
THE COLLEGIANS AGAIN
THE WATERS OF BADEN
THE RAVEN
By Edgar Allan Poe
Illustrated By Gustave Doré
ILLUSTRATIONS
With Names of Engravers
Title-page, designed by Elihu Vedder. Frederick Juengling.
"Nevermore." H. Claudius, G.J. Buechner.
ANANKE. H. Claudius.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore." R.A. Muller.
"Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." R.G. Tietze.
"Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore." H. Claudius.
"Sorrow for the lost Lenore." W. Zimmermann.
"For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore." Frederick Juengling.
"''T is some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.'" W. Zimmermann.
—"Here I opened wide the door;—Darkness there, and nothing more." H. Claudius.
"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." F.S. King.
"'Surely,' said I, 'surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore.'" Frederick Juengling.
"Open here I flung the shutter." T. Johnson.
[6]
—"A stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he." R. Staudenbaur.
"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—
Perched, and sat, and nothing more." R.G. Tietze.
"Wandering from the Nightly shore." Frederick Juengling.
"Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before—
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'" Frank French.
"Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy." R. Schelling.
"But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er
She shall press, ah, nevermore!" George Kruell.
"'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!'" Victor Bernstrom.
"On this home by Horror haunted." R. Staudenbaur.
"'Tell me truly, I implore—Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!'" W. Zimmermann.
"'Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore.'" F.S. King.
"'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting." W. Zimmermann.
"'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!'" Robert Hoskin.
"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted—nevermore!" R.G. Tietze.
The secret of the Sphinx. R. Staudenbaur.
THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
As First Collected By Charles Perrault In 1696
Illustrated By D.J. Munro After Drawings By Gustave DorÉ
ILLUSTRATIONS
"She met with Gaffer Wolf" Frontispiece
"It went on very easily"
"Let me see if I can do it"
"Slipped in under his father's seat"
"The Marquis of Carabas is drowning!"
"I am exact in keeping my word"
"If you open it, there's nothing you may not expect from my anger"
"With all my heart, Goody"
"He fell upon the good woman"
THE COCKAYNES IN PARIS
OR "GONE ABROAD."
By Blanchard Jerrold
WITH SKETCHES BY GUSTAVE DORÉ
AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ENGLISH ABROAD FROM A FRENCH POINT OF VIEW.
ILLUSTRATIONS
MY LORD ANGLAIS AT MABILLE Frontispiece
CROSSING THE CHANNEL—A SMOOTH PASSAGE 13
CROSSING THE CHANNEL—RATHER SQUALLY 14
ROBINSON CRUSOE AND FRIDAY 16
PAPA AND THE DEAR BOYS 18
THE DOWAGER AND TALL FOOTMAN 20
ON THE BOULEVARDS 42
A GROUP OF MARBLE "INSULAIRES" 46
BEAUTY AND THE B—— 68
PALAIS DU LOUVRE.—THE ROAD TO THE BOIS 72
MUSEE DU LUXEMBOURG 77
THE INFLEXIBLE "MEESSES ANGLAISES" 105
ENGLISH VISITORS TO THE CLOSERIE DE LILAS—SHOCKING!! 109
SMITH BRINGS HIS ALPENSTOCK 114
JONES ON THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE 118
FRENCH RECOLLECTION OF MEESS TAKING HER BATH 125
THE BRAVE MEESS AMONG THE BILLOWS HOLDING ON
BY THE TAIL OF HER NEWFOUNDLAND 125
COMPATRIOTS MEETING IN THE FRENCH EXHIBITION 127
VARIETIES OF THE ENGLISH STOCK.—COMPATRIOTS
MEETING IN THE FRENCH EXHIBITION 126
A PIC-NIC AT ENGHIEN 147
EXCURSIONISTS AND EMIGRANTS 152
BOIS DE BOULOGNE 164
RIVER LEGENDS
or, FATHER THAMES AND FATHER RHINE
With Illustrations By Gustave Doré
1875
LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Baron’s Oath.To face page .107
The Father of all Giants. .140
Powle’s Advance on the Castle .242
TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.
Father Thames and Father Rhine. .003
The Messenger .005
Father Thames after his Ale .006
The Boar. .008
The Boar’s Family .010
The Infant Smith. .013
The Sacrifice of Smith’s Father .015
Smith in Toad-land. .018
The Snakes. .022
Bertha the Druidess .027
The Road into the Forest. .035
The Last of the Boar. .046
The Baroness and her back hair. .056
Father Rhine and his Elves. .059
The River-Demon Thief .064
The Greedy Child. .067
The Devilet .072
Martha rousing the Peasants .078
Father Rhine and the three Baronesses .081
The Swan-sisters. .084
Crazy Timothy .092
The Old Harper. .097
She keeps the Pigs. .115
She watches the Battle. .132
Giants Mountain-building. .143
Bramble-buffer Storm-making .148
He uproots the Tree .153
Hans sent aloft .163
Hans in the Giant’s Mouth .166
The Mouth Fortified .167
The Giant weeps .170
The Giant’s Release .173
The Castle. .181
Mannikins at Play .187
Goody Tickleback’s Steed. .188
Flight of the Witches .202
The Sea-serpent .225
Father Rhine’s Retreat. .252
THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY
OR THE LEGEND OF CROQUEMITAINE
By Ernest Louis Victor Jules L’Epine
Freely Translated From The French of L’epine by Tom Hood.
Illustrated With 177 Designs on Wood
BY GUSTAVE DORÉ.
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
BOOK THE FIRST — THE TOURNEY AT FRONSAC — A.D. 769.
CHAPTER I. CHARLEMAGNE.
CHAPTER II. WHICH THE AUTHOR CONGRATULATES HIMSELF ON NOT HAVING TO READ.
CHAPTER III. CHARLEMAGNE’S CORTEGE.
CHAPTER IV. HOW GANELON, COUNT OF MAYENCE, WAS NEARLY SMOKED IN THE COMPANY OF TWO HOGS, AND WHAT FOLLOWED THEREAFTER.
CHAPTER V. ANGOULAFFRE OF THE BRAZEN TEETH, GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM.
CHAPTER VI. MURAD’S THREE WHIMS.
CHAPTER VII. A FORMIDABLE FRIEND.
CHAPTER VIII. WHEREIN THE GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM BEGINS TO SHOW HIS TEETH.
CHAPTER IX. WHEREIN THE EAGLE STOOPS, THE RAVEN CROAKS, THE WOLF HOWLS, AND THE LION ROARS.
CHAPTER X. ANGOULAFFRE THE MERCIFUL!
CHAPTER XI. HOW ANGOULAFFRE HAD AN ATTACK OF TOOTHACHE, WHICH WAS THE DEATH OF HIM.
CHAPTER XII. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ANGOULAFFRE.
CHAPTER XIII. THE TWO ROGUES RELEASED.
CHAPTER XIV. THE CORSELET OF CAMBRIC.
CHAPTER XV. MONTJOIE! MONTJOIE! ST. DENIS!
CHAPTER XVI. A FUNERAL MARCH.
BOOK THE SECOND — THE PROPHET’S PARADISE.
CHAPTER I. HOW CROQUEMITAINE WAS CHRISTENED.
CHAPTER II. THE KING OF BEAUTY,
CHAPTER III. HOW THE EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE SAW A VISION.
CHAPTER IV. HOW KING MARSILLUS SAW A VISION.
CHAPTER V. THE TWO ALCALDES.
CHAPTER VI. CHARLEMAGNE IN SPAIN.
CHAPTER VII. THE TRAP.
CHAPTER VIII. HOW ROLAND UNDERTOOK TO CARRY SARAGOSSA BY STORM.
CHAPTER IX. A TRIP TO MAHOMET’S PARADISE.
CHAPTER X. WHEN ROLAND REMEMBERS HIS LATIN, AND THE DEVIL FORGETS HIS.
BOOK THE THIRD — THE FORTRESS OF FEAR.
CHAPTER I. THE FOUR FOES OF CROQUEMITAINE.
CHAPTER II. THE SIGN OF THE CROCODILE.
CHAPTER III. HOW ALLEGRIGNAC, MARAGOUGNIA, PORC-EN-TRUIE, AND MONT-ROGNON OPENED THE CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER IV. ALI PÉPÉ’S LITTLE HARVEST.
CHAPTER V. HOW ALI PÉPÉ, HAVING DONE ALL THAT COULD BE EXPECTED OF AN HONEST MAN, WAS HANGED.
CHAPTER VI. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, FACE TO FACE!
CHAPTER VII. MITAINE OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER VIII. THROUGH THE FORESTS.
CHAPTER IX. A NIGHT IN THE FORTRESS OF FEAR.
EPILOGUE — RONCESVALLES — A. D. 778.
A TOUR THROUGH THE PYRENEES
By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
With Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORÈ
ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE PINES. 003
THE RIVER AFTER A STORM. 004
THE PINES NEAR ROYAN 007
THE BROAD RIVER. 009
BORDEAUX 010
TAIL-PIECE 011
LES LANDES 012
LES LANDES (SECOND VIEW) 014
TAIL-PIECE 016
A STREET IN BAYONNE. 018
BAYONNE HARBOR 019
PÉ DE PUYANE 022
THE BURNING CASTLE 025
HEAD-PIECE 035
THE PIERCED ROCK 036
TAIL-PIECE 039
THE VILLA EUGENIE. 040
CLIFFS NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ. 042
COAST NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ 045
TAIL-PIECE 046
LOUIS XIV. AND ANNE OF AUSTRIA 047
THE POLITENESS OF TO-DAY 048
THE POLITENESS OF OTHER DAYS 049
“JE VOUS LE RENDS.”. 053
A SPLENDID CREATION. 054
DAX. 057
CASTLE OF ORTHEZ 061
FROISSART. 062
“THAT STOUT CORNIFIC DOCTOR” 066
COUNT DE FOIX AT SUPPER. 068
THE COUNT DE FOIX’S HOSPITALITY. 071
A FRENCH “CONDUCTOR” 072
“FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE DO NOT KILL GASTON” 074
GASTON IN THE TOWER OF ORTHEZ. 076
COUNT DE FOIX. 077
TAILPIECE. 078
CHAPTER-HEADING. 079
THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. 082
A DESTRUCTION OF SENTIMENT 084
AVENUE OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU 085
ARMS OF HENRY IV 087
COURT OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU. 088
PAU. 090
JEANNE D’ALBRET. 092
A MORNING’S SPORT. 094
IN THE STREETS Of EAUSE. 097
SULLY. 100
MARGUERITE OK NAVARRE. 104
ENTERTAINING THE LADIES. 106
THE PARK AT PAU. 108
PROTRACTING A REVERIE. 109
PIC DU MIDI OSSAU. 111
AN EXHORTATION 113
NEAR GAN 114
THE VALLEY OK OSSAU. 115
ROAD TO EAUX BONNES. 116
THE PROMENADE. 117
NEAR EAUX BONNES 118
A RAINY DAY AT EAUX BONNES 119
TAKING THE WATERS. 121
TAKING THE WATERS (SECOND VIEW). 122
“MUSIC HAITI CHARMS” 123
A NATIVE GENIUS. 125
DOLCE FAR NIENTE. 126
OUR AMATEURS 127
THE BEECHES. 128
THE SUMMIT OF THE GER. 131
TAIL-PIECE 133
THE ART OK PLEASURE. 134
THE “JEU DU CANARD”. 135
PLEASURE WITHOUT THE ART 137
“A LANDSCAPE”. 138
EXCELSIOR. 139
THE VALENTIN FALLS AT DISCOO 140
CASCADE OF THE VALENTIN. 142
PATH TO THE GORGE OF THE SERPENT 144
THE GAVE 146
A DISTANT TALE 148
SOLITUDE 150
A WATER POWER. 152
THE MIGHTY STREAM. 155
'PAPI’ 157
A TOO DISTANT LANDSCAPE. 159
A VANTAGE-POINT. 161
THE PEAKS. 163
ABOVE GABAS. 166
“TO HIM WHO, IN LOVE OF NATURE”. 168
AMONG THE CLOUDS 169
ROUTE TO EAUX CHAUDES. 170
ON THE ROAD TO EAUX CHAUDES. 171
“A WILD AND SUNNY NEST”. 174
“COLD AND SAD” 175
NEAR EAUX CHAUDES. 177
“EGYPT BEFORE THE COMING OF WARRIORS”. 182
SOMEBODY’S JOVE. 185
THE INHABITANTS. 186
FIDDLERS THREE 187
“A SORT OF ROUNDELAY”. 189
“THEY CLUMSILY BENT THE KNEE”. 192
“FIVE OR SIX OLD WOMEN”. 194
THE PEAK OF THE GER. 196
MEETING A LADY 200
A STOCK-DEALER 200
YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT. 201
DISINTERESTED HOSPITALITY. 201
AN AMATEUR SKETCH. 203
THE DEATH OF ROLAND. 206
“A WELL-TO-DO PEASANT” 207
CHIVALRIC WAR. 209
SCIENTIFIC WAR 209
THE BATTLE OF RONCEVAUX. 212
“WHEN FIGHTING IS TO BE DONE”. 214
HENRY OF BEARN 215
“AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY”. 217
“VERY DARING”. 219
MLLE. DE SÉGUR 220
GASSION’S BOB-TAIL 222
ON THE WAY TO LUZ. 225
A SMILING COUNTRY. 226
“WHAT WE ALL HEARD THIS NIGHT”.- 228
ORTHON’S TRANSFORMATION. 234
LETTING THE DOGS LOOSE 235
“THE RACE OF FAMILIARS AND FAIRIES”. 237
A BROODING SUPERSTITION, 238
CHAPEL OF LESTELLE 240
NEAR LOURDES 242
GORGE OF PIERREFITTE 243
“HEAVY CLOUDS ROSE IN THE SKY” 248
OLD HOUSE OF THE TEMPLARS AT LUZ 250
RUIN OF A CHATEAU NEAR LUZ 253
MAX GETS FROM THE DESERT AS MUCH AS HE CAN 257
THE VALLEY OF LUZ. 259
PROGRESS 261
SAINT-PIERRE 263
“THIS HEIGHT IS A DESERT”. 264
“NO ONE COMES” 265
SAINT-SAUVEUR. 267
THE GAVE AT SUNSET 272
RUNNING WATERS 274
“THE POPLARS RISE ONE ABOVE ANOTHER” 275
BAREGES. 277
THE MILITARY HOSPITAL. 278
TAIL-PIECE 279
THE FIRS 283
“OUT FROM THE CIVIL WARS”. 287
“THESE OLD WASTED MOUNTAINS” 288
MADAME DE MAINTENON. 289
A FEW BLANDISHMENTS. 290
THE PATIENTS OF THE OLDEN TIME 291
THE LAKE OF GAUBE. 293
DIANA. 295
NEAR PONT D’ESPAGNE. 299
STORM AT CAUTERETS 302
VALLEY OF THE GAVE IN A STORM. 304
NEAR THE LAKE OF GAUISE. 307
CAUTERET’S 311
THE FOAMING GAVE 313
HENRY IV AND FRANCIS I 314
A FRESHETT IN THE MOUNTAINS 315
“A HORRIBLE WORLD” 316
ABBEY OF SAINT-SAVIN 318
CASCADE OF CERLSEY, NEAR PONT D’ESPAGNE. 320
PRAYER 325
ENJOYING HIE SCENERY 326
A MOUNTAIN FUNERAL 328
BRIDGE AT SCIA 330
VILLAGE OF GEDRES. 333
CHAOS. 337
“THE TUMBLED ROCKS”. 339
SIECHEUR 342
THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. 343
THE FRECHE DE ROLAND 344
THE AMPHITHEATRE NEAR GAVARNIE 346
“THE THIRTEENTH CASCADE ON THE LEFT” 347
THE CASCADE AS SEEN FROM THE INN 349
RECIPROCITY. 351
THE APPRECIATIVE 352
ASCENT OF THE BERGONZ. 354
THE EAGLES 355
MONT PERDU 359
AN EARLY INHABITANT. 362
SCENERY DURING AN ASCENT 365
“ALLEZ DOUCEMENT; ALLEZ TOUJOURS”. 366
A STIMULATING DREAM. 367
THE PINES. 369
A SHOWER IN A FOREST OF BRUSH-FIRS 373
CONTEMPLATION. 376
A POOR DANCER. 377
“THE ISARD DWELLS ABOVE THE BEAR”. 378
AN ARGUMENT. 379
A HERD OF GOATS. 381
“THE HAPPIEST ANIMAL IN CREATION”. 383
DISTINGUISHED NATIVES. 386
IN MOUNT CAMPANA 389
DE BÉNAC IN EGYPT. 390
“THEY TRAVERSED A WALL OF CLOUDS”. 395
“MORNING DAWNED” 396
“THE HALL WAS FULL”. 398
“STRANGE IMAGES ROSE IN HIS BRAIN” 399
BÉNAC A HERMIT 403
BEYOND LOURDES 404
CITY OF TORBES 406
MEPHISTOPHELES 411
BAGNÈRES DE-BIGORRE. 412
ONE OF THE FIRST PATRONS 419
SOCIETY. 420
AN OLD CAMPAIGNER. 422
A YOUNG CAMPAIGNER 422
A MAN OF PEACE 422
A MODEL MAN. 423
IN DANGER.:. 424
VARIOUS TOURISTS 428
THE LAC D’OO 431
TOURISTS COMME IL FAUT 434
FAMILY TOURISTS. 435
DINING TOURISTS. 436
LEARNED TOURISTS 438
A MAN OF ESPRIT. 444
CONNOISSEURS 446
BEETHOVEN. 447
A SERENADER. 454
A HISTORIAN. 456
A PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER 458
THE PLEASURES OF WINTER. 461
A DISCUSSION WITHIN BOUNDS 463
HEAVEN 464
THE SOURCE OF THINGS 466
GRACE AT MEAT. 467
THE REST OF THE WEARY. 468
AT THE HOTEL OF THE GREAT SUN. 470
NEAR LUCHON. 473
CHAPELLE AND LACHAUMONT. 476
VALLEY OF LUCHON 481
URBS IN REVRE. 484
HEAD-PIECE 485
A TALENTED FAMILY. 487
LUCHON 491
BAGNERES 493
“ALL WAS IN HARMONY” 495
NEAR CASTEL-VIEIL. 497
RUINS OF CASTEL-VIEIL. 499
THE MALADETTA. 503
“THESE MOUNTAIN SKELETONS” 505
“A CLEFT IN THE ETERNAL ROCK”. 507
TAIL-PIECE 508
HEAD-PIECE 509
ST. BERTRAND DE COMINGES 510
TOULOUSE 512
SAINT SERININE AT TOULOUSE 515
CHURCH OF ST. ETIENNE, TOULOUSE. 519
THE MUSEUM AT TOULOUSE 521
MYTHS OF THE RHINE
Illustrated by Gustave Doré
ILLUSTRATIONS
Father Rhine. .003
The impassive historian . .004
Vast forests as old as the world .005
The first pioneers. .007
The Celts were a people from India. .009
What happy people scholars are. .010
A horrible custom .019
Dead man’s trees. .022
The Druids now appear for the first time in Germany .023
The other chieftains were generally polygamists .031
Courts of justice were always held under an elm tree. .032
Attempt to murder the mayor . .033
Mistletoe an officinal and sacred plant .035
Gauls .037
Serpents’ knots .038
Prophetic trembling and neighing. .041
A Druid teacher . .044
The Germans were in full flight . .046
The bloody knife of the Druids .052
I turn my steps from the sacred precincts .055
Who are these other soldiers? .057
These laborers seem to suffer from some restraint .058
I look around for a resting-place . .059
A shepherd. .060
The guard of a sword, which had been driven into the ground .061
The shepherd,—as mournful as ever .063
Herds of swine are wallowing .066
A young wife bearing the burden of united household .067
Happiness consists in the fulfillment of duty . .068
Such were the ways of our fathers: rejoice in facing death. .069
The Druidical altars. .070
As there is no window I peep through the trap-door. .072
One of the chief men of the country . .075
She was a young Ionian girl, a country-woman of Aspasia .080
The boudoir of a Celtic lady. .082
The Druid-bard. .085
Death of Druids .091
A Druidess endowed with the gift of prophecy .093
The victorious march of the Romans .094
Her deities personified nothing but vices . .096
The Hercules—so called. .098
Mercury, the son of Jupiter . .099
“O Varus, Varus, bring me back my legions!” .103
Perhaps the old river remembered his grievances .105
They made him a king, the King of German rivers .106
He had already allowed Jupiter to cross .107
The vines began to adorn the banks of the river .108
Once more caresses had their hoped-for effect .109
He did his best to help everybody across. .110
Fnvolous and ill-mannered deities .110
The dauntless pirates will end by wearing white night-caps. .113
The great Northern Tempest .115
The German Druids gave way. .117
Iormungondur, the great sea serpent .118
The giant Ymer has been born. .123
The first men had been born with a telescope in their pocket? .127
Ymer was the first to succumb .128
After the giants came the turn of land and sea monsters .129
The new creation was assuming a more pleasing appearance. .132
Deer, eland, and aurochs were bounding in herds .133
Incessantly a tiny squirrel comes and goes. .136
A vulture perching upon the loftiest top of the sacred tree .137
Thor’s weighty hammer Mjoïner .139
The good Freyr seated at Odin’s table .141
Portrait of Freyr .142
Bragi and the beautiful Freya . .147
Return of the eagle with the three precious vessels .149
Balder, the bright god. .151
The wolf Fenris .156
Converse with each other by significative glances .159
They were the Norns .160
He took counsel with the Norns. .162
“To Egir, the seas and navigation”. .164
Gefione took her four sons and changed them into oxen .165
Jarl, the noble .171
The Valkyrias . .175
Beautiful nymphs of carnage .176
A very mammoth of a boar. .180
Feast in Scandinavian Paradise. .181
Hela, the pale goddess. .185
“Balder, fair Balder, is going to die”. .189
Loki succeeds in exhilarating even Odin himself .191
Balder is amused by the game. .192
When the mother told her pitiful tale the iron trees wept .197
The three sacred cocks announcing the Twilight of Greatness .202
The death of the gods .208
My VIIIth chapter is thus changed into a cenotaph .211
I like to glean a little where scholars have reaped .214
The two religions face to face. .217
Ovid reciting his “Metamorphoses” .219
Druidic worship suspended by the Romans .220
“Miserere mei, Jesu”. .222
Perkunos, Pikollos, and Potrympos .224
Puscatus,—a kind-hearted god .226
Monstrous reptiles accompany the gods to Germany. .227
He let his heavy mace fall upon a little town .238
The blacksmiths of Ilmarinnen .239
Marietta appeared in their midst. .245
“Do you think I am a man to be taken in ?”. .251
Horse-head, a la mode .253
The Undines mingled with the Tritons and the Naiads .258
Have transferred their Olympus to the Brocken .259
The Olympus of the North. .263
Able to see without being seen .266
Dance of the white fairies .269
The black fairies personify Nightmare . .271
An important personage with a will of his own . .272
Enormous toads are posted about.as watchmen .279
Elementary spirits of the water .283
Imaginary music . .288
The nix with the harp . .289
Schoolmaster’s son who had fallen in love with one of them. .291
He thought he saw a pale form arise from the waters .294
He rose suddenly and fled to another room . .295
The steward whispered some words in her ear . .297
Niord, the Scandinavian god . .299
This creature is Nixcobt. .300
The Vintner is hanged, and Nixcobt laughs heartily. .302
Four Prussian soldiers watching the water . .305
The Zotterais protected sheep . .309
The master has nothing to do. .315
Prefer to remember the Kobold a cheerful household companion. .317
The Zotterais as fond of stables as the Kobolds of kitchens .319
They are naturally easily tired . .321
The Killecroffs are children of the Devil . .322
His nurse has to be reinforced by two goats and a cow .324
The great Reformer, Dr. Martin Luther . .326
The fall of Killecroff .331
Giants and dwarfs .335
The last of the giants. .337
Grommelund and Ephesim .339
The humiliated giant. .340
Our good little dwarfs .341
He stood at first with his mouth wide open .346
A long and deep sigh of satisfaction. .348
Flight of the conspirators. .353
Kreiss slipped boldly into this vast and spacious cavity. .354
They fixed strong piles between the two rows of teeth .355
In his hand he held not a club but a lantern. .357
Kreiss compelled to leave his position by torrents of tears .359
The last two held each a long thorn in their hands. .361
Kreiss entering the great meeting hall. .363
Putskuchen was in love. .364
Ouadragant vanquished .367
The passing of the wizard . .371
Venus and Tannhàuser. .390
His ex-colleague Jupiter .396
The author pursues the subject .399
The conscientious collector of myths. .401
The Druidess transformed into an accursed witch .406
To return was as impossible as to proceed .409
She had rejoined her victims .413
He is the Lord Hackelberg .417
These ghosts can imitate all the motions of men .421
Farewell. .423
JAUFRY THE KNIGHT AND THE FAIR BRUNISSENDE
A TALE OF THE TIMES OF KING ARTHUR
By Mary Lafon
Illustrated With Twenty Engravings By GUSTAVE DORE
ILLUSTRATIONS.
.035 "Knight,” said Sir Jaufry, “thou dost press me sore”.
.043 The wood and iron, for a cubit's length, pierced through the shoulder. .
.053 "Good friend,” he then apostrophised the knight, “the passage now may be considered safe”.
.054 "Halt, knight,” he cried; “I'll have a word with thee”.
.060 A fierce wind, in passing, swept away the last memorial of the magic work.
.082 Knights and burghers, minstrels, jugglers from all countries, hither trooping came
.088 His troop returned, bearing him faint and bleeding.
.094 "Heaven!” Sir Jaufry cried, “in thee I trust; what figure have we here?”.
.110 Back returned the sable knight, hissing and growling as the thunder doth when tempests vex the air.
.111 Jaufry with Augier's daughter rode away
.117 I leave you to surmise the games and joy which at the castle on that day were seen
.134 They sat them down in the great hall of the castle.
.136 He his efforts used to save her with the butt-end of his lance.
.140 All the train which called Sir Melyan lord escorted back in triumph to Montbran that happy pair
THE FABLES LA FONTAINE.
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY WALTER THORNBURY,
With Illustrations By Gustave Doré
1886
LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
1 The Two Mules
9 The Swallow and the Little Birds
21 The Town Rat and the Country Rat
25 The Wolf and the Lamb
33 The Robbers and the Ass (To face page)
38 Death and the Woodcutter
41 The Wolf Turned Shepherd
49 The Oak and the Reed
60 The Council Held by the Rats
68 The Lion and the Gnat
77 The Lion and the Rat
85 The Hare and the Frogs
93 The Peacock Complaining to Juno
100 The Miller, His Son, and the Ass
109 The Frogs Who Asked For a King
117 The Fox and the Grapes
124 The Wolves and the Sheep
133 Philomel and Progne
140 The Cat and the Old Rat
148 The Lion in Love
157 The Shepherd and the Sea
164 The Monkey and the Dolphin
173 The Miser Who Lost His Treasure
181 The Eye of the Master
189 The Wolf, the Mother, and the Child
201 The Lark and Her Little Ones
213 The Woodman and Mercury
225
[Pg x] The Little Fish and the Fisherman
236 The Old Woman and Her Servants
249 The Horse and the Wolf
261 Fortune and the Little Child
273 The Doctors
285 The Hen With the Golden Eggs
293 The Stag and the Vine
301 The Eagle and the Owl
309 The Bear and the Two Friends
321 The Stag Viewing Himself in the Stream
329 The Countryman and the Serpent
341 The Sick Lion and the Fox
349 The Carter Stuck in the Mud
357 The Young Widow
369 The Animals Sick of the Plague
377 The Maiden
389 The Vultures and the Pigeons
397 The Milkmaid and the Milk-Pail
405 The Two Fowls
417 An Animal in the Moon
425 An Animal in the Moon (2)
429 The Fortune-Teller (illustration missing)
432 The Cobbler and the Banker
437 The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
445 The Dog and His Master's Dinner
453 The Bear and the Amateur of Gardening
465 Tircis and Amaranth
473 The Rat and the Elephant
489 The Bashaw and the Merchant
497 The Torrent and the River
509 The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass
517 The Wolf and the Hunter
525 The Two Pigeons
537 The Madman Who Sold Wisdom
545 The Oyster and Its Claimants
557 Jupiter and the Traveller
569 The Cat and the Fox
581
[Pg xi] The Monkey and the Cat
593 The Two Rats, the Fox, and the Egg
609 The Cormorant and the Fishes
621 The Shepherd and the King
629 The Fish and the Shepherd Who Played on the Clarionet
641 The Two Adventurers and the Talisman
653 The Rabbits
665 The Lion
677 The Peasant of the Danube
689 The Old Man and the Three Young Men
701 The Owl and the Mice
709 The Companions of Ulysses
717 The Two Goats
729 The Sick Stag
741 The Eagle and the Magpie
757 Love and Folly
765 The Forest and the Woodman
777 The Fox and the Turkeys
789 The English Fox
801 The League of the Rats
813 Daphnis and Alcimadura
821 The Arbitrator, Almoner, and Hermit