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LEGENDS OF TERROR!
AND
TALES
OF
THE WONDERFUL AND THE WILD .
Original and Select ,
IN PROSE AND VERSE .
WITH HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS .
AND
Elegant Engravings
ON WOOD.
All nations have their omens drear ,
Their Legends wild of woe and fear . -Scott .
Here still the Legendary tale goes round
Of charms , and spells , of treasures lost and found ,
Of fearful goblins , and malicious sprites ,
Enchanted damsels , and enamoured knights . — Drummond .
The mightiest chiefs of British song
Scorned not such Legends to prolong ;
They gleam thro ' Spenser's eldin dream .
And mix in Milton's heavenly theme —Scott .
London.
PRINTED BY T. RICHARDSON , 99 , HIGH HOLBORN .
PUBLISHED BY SHERWOOD , GILBERT , AND PIPER , PATERNOSTER ROW ;
AND HUNTER , EDINBURGH.
1826
Contents.
The Spectre Bride, or the Legend of Hernswolf, from the German 1
Hans Heiling Rocks, a Bohemian Legend, from the German of Körner. 7
The Father's Fatal Vow, a German Tradition 16
The Midnight Embrace in the Halls of Werdendorff, a Romance from the German 17
The Fire King, or Albert and Rosalie, a Crusade Romance. by M.G.Lewis 23
The Flying Dutchman, or Vanderdecker's Message home. a Mariner's Tale 26
Peter Klaus; the Legend of the Goat herd, from the German 31
The Druid Seer of Malwood, or the Death of the Red King, an old English Tradition 33
Lham Dearg, or the Legend of the Bloody Hand, a Scottish Legend 36
The Astrologer's Prediction, or the Maniac's Fate 38
The Water-Lady, an Austrian Tradition. 43
The Harp, a Tale from the German of Körner 46
The Ghost with the Golden Casket, a Scottish Legendary Tale. 49
Secrets of Cabalism, or Ravenstone and Alice of Huntingdon 58
The Inchcape Rock, or the Rover's Fate 64
Der Freischutz. original tale of William the Fatal Marksman, or the Charmed Bullets, from the German. 65
The Demon's Isle, a Legendary Ballad 80
The Devil's Ladder, or the Gnomes of the Redrich, from the German of Aloise Schreiber 81
Gortz of Frankfort, or the Illusions of a Dream, a
German Tale 85
The Maid of Donalbayne, a Legendary Ballad 95
The Wild Huntsman, or the Demon's Skeleton Chase, a Legend of the Odenwald, from the German of Burger 97
The Haunted Ships, or the Spectre Hulks of Solway Bay, a Tradition of the Scottish Coast 102
The Magic Ring, a Legendary Fragment 112
The Field of Terror, a Romance by the Baron de la Motte Fouque 113
The Bath of Beauty, or the Swan's Pool, a German Romance 121
The Black Canon of Elmham, or St. Edmond's Eve, an old English Legend 127
Wake not the Dead, or the Bride of the Grave, a German Romance 129
The Mountain King, a Swedish Legend 146
The Dwarfs of the Nine Mountains of Rambin, a German Legend 148
Elphin Irving, the Fairies 'Cup-bearer, a Scottish Traditional Tale 153
Sir Guy the Seeker, a Northumbrian Romance 161
Miles Colvine, the Cumberland Mariner, a Tale of the English Coast 165
Karl and his Horse Nicolaus, a mysterious Tale ! 175
Peter of Stauffenberg, a German Tradition 181
The Sprite of the Glen, a Swedish Legend 183
Amorassan; or, the Spirit of the Frozen Ocean ! an Eastern Tale. by M.G.Lewis 185
The Demon of the Harz, or the Three Charcoal Burners, a German Legend 227
Ulric the Bold, a German Metrical Romance. 233
The Bottle Imp, a German Popular Tale 237("239" missprinted)
The Golden Jew of Bruges, a metrical Romance 253
The Dance of the Dead, a German Popular Tale 255
The Unknown, or the Knight of the Blood-red Plume, a Welsh Legend 261
The Wizard's Revenge, an Irish Tradition 278
The Nymph of the Fountain, or the Musk Ball, a Tale from the German of Musaüs 281
The Truenfels, or the Rock of Fidelity, a Tradition of the Rhine. 303
The Drachenfels, a Tradition of the Rhine 306
The Infidel, a Welch Legend 307
The Gnome King, or the Magic Sceptre, a Silesian Legend 337
The Chase of Waldemar, the Dane, a Danish Superstition 348
The Leprighaun, or the Gold Goblin, an Irish Tale. 349
The Mariner's Legend, or the Bridal of Death 357
Ellen of Eglantine, an old English Ballad. 374
The Spectre Horsemen of Soutra Fell, or the Fall of the House of Selby, a Cumberland Tradition 375
The Castle Goblin, or the Tower of Neuftchaberg, a German Tradition 393
Bishop Bruno, a Metrical Romance 395
Jan Schalken’s Three Wishes, a Dutch Legend 397
The White Woman of Berlin, a Legen dary Fragment 400
The Treasure-seeker, a German Popular Tale 401
The Dead Men of Pest, a Hungarian Legend 419
The Pirate's Treasure, a Mariner's Tale 424
Maredata and Giulio, or the Ocean Spirit, an Italian Legend 435
Sir Hugh the Heron, a Border Romance 439
The Black Goat of Brandenburgh, a Legendary Fragment 456
The Spectre of Presburg, a Hungarian Romance 457
The Magic Dollar, a Tale of Alsace 497
The Maid of Lochlin, or Mysteries of the North 513
Frederick and Alice, from the German 527
A Night in the Grave, or the Devil's Receipt, a Scottish Tale 531
The Doomed Man, a Mariner's Tale 543
The Black Rainbow, or the Death of Charles the Bad, a French Tradition 559
The Legend of Dunmorven, a Scottish Tradition 564
The Water Spectre, or the Weird Sisters, a Scottish Romance 567
The Smuggler, a Tale of the Sea 576
The Water Sprite 585
Maddalena, or the Fate of the Florentines, an Italian Legend. 586
Rip Van Winkle, an American Legend 599
The Norwegian Rovers, or the Curse of the Island Seer, a Northern Romance 609
The Spectre Bridegroom 615
The Murderess, or the Fatal Prediction, a romantic Tale 624
Bill Jones, a Tale of Wonder. 638
