PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PROLOGUE.

ODIN, THE MAN.

LEGENDS

KING ETHELBERT OF KENT AND SAINT AUGUSTINE.

THE CONSECRATION OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

THE PENANCE OF SAINT LAURENCE.

KING SIGEBERT OF EAST ANGLIA, AND HEIDA THE PROPHETESS.

KING SIGEBERT OF ESSEX, OR A FRIEND AT NEED.

KING OSWALD OF NORTHUMBRIA, OR THE BRITON'S REVENGE.

CEADMON THE COWHERD, THE FIRST ENGLISH POET.

KING OSWY OF NORTHUMBRIA, OR THE WIFE'S VICTORY.

THE VENGEANCE OF THE MONKS OF BARDENEY.

HOW SAINT CUTHBERT KEPT HIS PENTECOST AT CARLISLE.

SAINT FRIDESWIDA, OR THE FOUNDATIONS OF OXFORD.

THE BANQUET HALL OF WESSEX, OR THE KING WHO COULD SEE.

EPILOGUE.

BEDE'S LAST MAY.

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NOTES.

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