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THE

WORKS BY ANDREW LANG.

EDITED BY

ANDREW LANG

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

WOODCUTS IN TEXT

WILSON'S LAST FIGHT

'They were men whose fathers were men'

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOAN THE MAID

I

THE FAIRIES' TREE

II

A PAGE OF HISTORY

III

THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN THE MAIDEN

THE RAID OF DOMREMY

THE CALLING OF JOAN THE MAID

HOW JOAN THE MAID WENT TO VAUCOULEURS

HOW JOAN THE MAID WENT AGAIN TO VAUCOULEURS

HOW JOAN THE MAID RODE TO CHINON

HOW JOAN THE MAID SHOWED A SIGN TO THE KING

HOW JOAN THE MAID WAS EXAMINED AT POICTIERS

HOW JOAN THE MAID RODE TO RELIEVE ORLEANS

HOW JOAN THE MAID ENTERED ORLEANS

HOW JOAN THE MAID TOOK JARGEAU FROM THE ENGLISH

HOW THE MAID DEFEATED THE ENGLISH AT PATHAY, AND OF THE STRANGE GUIDE

HOW THE MAID HAD THE KING CROWNED AT REIMS

IV

HOW THE MAID RODE TO PARIS

HOW THE MAID WAS WOUNDED IN ATTACKING PARIS, AND HOW THE KING WOULD NOT LET THE ASSAULT BEGIN AGAIN

HOW THE MAID AND HER FAIR DUKE WERE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER

HOW MARVELLOUSLY THE MAID TOOK SAINT-PIERRE-LE-MOUSTIER

HOW THE MAID WAITED WEARILY AT COURT

HOW THE MAID MET AN IMPOSTOR

HOW THE MAID'S VOICES PROPHESIED OF HER TAKING

HOW THE MAID TOOK FRANQUET D'ARRAS

HOW THE MAID FOUGHT HER LAST FIGHT

HOW THE MAID LEAPED FROM THE TOWER OF BEAUREVOIR

V

HOW THE MAID WAS TRIED AND CONDEMNED, AND HOW BRAVELY SHE DIED

HOW THE BASS WAS HELD FOR KING JAMES

THE CROWNING OF INES DE CASTRO

THE STORY OF ORTHON

HOW GUSTAVUS VASA WON HIS KINGDOM

MONSIEUR DE BAYARD'S DUEL

STORY OF GUDBRAND OF THE DALES[31]

SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE

THE STORY OF MOLLY PITCHER

THE VOYAGES, DANGEROUS ADVENTURES, AND IMMINENT ESCAPES OF CAPTAIN RICHARD FALCONER[32]

MARBOT'S MARCH

EYLAU. THE MARE LISETTE

HOW MARBOT CROSSED THE DANUBE

THE PITEOUS DEATH OF GASTON, SON OF THE COUNT OF FOIX

ROLF STAKE[34]

THE WRECK OF THE 'WAGER'

PETER WILLIAMSON[35]

A WONDERFUL VOYAGE

THE PITCAIRN ISLANDERS

A RELATION OF THREE YEARS' SUFFERING OF ROBERT EVERARD UPON THE ISLAND OF ASSADA, NEAR MADAGASCAR, IN A VOYAGE TO INDIA, IN THE YEAR 1686[36]

THE FIGHT AT SVOLDER ISLAND (a.d. 1000)

THE DEATH OF HACON THE GOOD (a.d. 961)

PRINCE CHARLIE'S WAR

I

THE BOYHOOD OF PRINCE CHARLIE

II

PRINCE CHARLIE'S LANDING

III

THE MARCH SOUTH

IV

EDINBURGH

V

PRESTONPANS

VI

THE MARCH TO DERBY

VII

THE RETREAT

VIII

IN THE HIGHLANDS

IX

CULLODEN

THE BURKE AND WILLS EXPLORING EXPEDITION

THE STORY OF EMUND (a.d. 1020)

THE MAN IN WHITE

THE ADVENTURES OF 'THE BULL OF EARLSTOUN'

THE STORY OF GRISELL BAILLIE'S SHEEP'S HEAD

THE CONQUEST OF PERU

THE YOUTH OF PIZARRO

THE EMPIRE OF THE INCAS

RELIGION OF THE PERUVIANS

PIZARRO'S EXPEDITION

THE CHOICE OF PIZARRO

PIZARRO GOES TO SPAIN AND RETURNS

PIZARRO MARCHES TO MEET THE INCA

PIZARRO AND THE INCA

THE CAPTIVITY OF THE INCA

THE INCA'S RANSOM

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