t your French and English heroes.--Yours
affectionately,

MARY MACGREGOR.

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CONTENTS

Chap. Page

I. Mimer the Blacksmith, 1

II. Siegfried wins the Treasure, 11

III. Siegfried comes home, 18

IV. Kriemhild's Dream, 23

V. Siegfried journeys to Worms, 27

VI. Siegfried's Welcome to Worms, 32

VII. Siegfried's Sojourn at Worms, 42

VIII. Siegfried sees Kriemhild, 59

IX. Siegfried goes to Isenland, 64

X. Siegfried subdues Brunhild, 71

XI. Siegfried goes to the Cave, 80

XII. The Wedding Feast, 87

XIII. Siegfried goes home with Kriemhild, 93

XIV. Siegfried and Kriemhild go to Worms, 99

XV. Siegfried is slain, 106

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LIST OF PICTURES

Then Mimer saw the bear, _Frontispiece_

Facing page

'I will kill thee, for in truth thou art an ugly monster', 8

Seizing the magic sword, he cut off their heads, 16

Knighted by the royal hand of Siegmund the King, 20

The heroes entered the streets of Worms, 32

The maiden hurled her spear, 76

Siegfried bent low before the lady Kriemhild, 86

While Siegfried drank of the cool, clear water, Hagen
stabbed him, 114

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CHAPTER I

MIMER THE BLACKSMITH

Siegfried was born a Prince and grew to be a hero, a hero with a heart
of gold. Though he could fight, and was as strong as any lion, yet he
could love too and be as gentle as a child.

The father and mother of the hero-boy lived in a strong castle near
the banks of the great Rhine river. Siegmund, his father, was a rich
king, Sieglinde, his mother, a beautiful queen, and dearly did they
love their little son Siegfried.

The courtiers and the high-born maidens who dwelt in the castle
honoured the little Prince, and thought him the fairest child in all
the land, as indeed he was.

Sieglinde, his