CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE OLD ROAD

I THE BOY WITH THE WOOLPACK HOW ROBERT EDRUPT JOURNEYED WITH THE WOOL-MERCHANTS TO LONDON

THE BIOGRAPHER

II BASIL THE SCRIBE HOW AN IRISH MONK IN AN ENGLISH ABBEY CAME TO STAND BEFORE KINGS

VENETIAN GLASS

III THE PICTURE IN THE WINDOW HOW ALAN OF THE ABBEY FARMS LEARNED TO MAKE STAINED GLASS

TROUBADOUR'S SONG

IV THE GRASSHOPPERS' LIBRARY HOW RANULPH LE PROVENaeAL CEASED TO BE A MINSTREL AND BECAME A TROUBADOUR

THE WOOD-CARVER'S VISION

V THE BOX THAT QUENTIN CARVED HOW QUENTIN OF PERONNE LEARNED HIS TRADE WHEN A BOY IN AMIENS

THE CAGED BOUVEREL

VI AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLD FINCH HOW GUY, THE GOLDSMITH'S APPRENTICE, WON THE DESIRE OF HIS HEART

UP ANCHOR

VII THE VENTURE OF NICHOLAS GAY HOW NICHOLAS GAY, THE

LONDON BELLS

VIII BARBARA, THE LITTLE GOOSE-GIRL HOW BARBARA SOLD GEESE IN THE CHEPE AND WHAT FORTUNE SHE FOUND THERE

HARPER'S SONG

IX RICHARD'S SILVER PENNY HOW RICHARD SOLD A WEB OF RUSSET AND MADE THE BEST OF A BAD BARGAIN

PERFUMER'S SONG

X MARY LAVENDER'S GARDEN HOW MARY LAVENDER CAME TO BE OF SERVICE TO AN EXILED QUEEN

PAVEMENT SONG

XI SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY HOW CRISPIN, THE SHOEMAKER'S SON, MADE A

CONCEALED WEAPONS

XII THE LOZENGES OF GIOVANNI HOW A MILANESE BAKER-BOY AND A

A SONG OF BIRDS AND BEASTS

XIII A DYKE IN THE DANELAW HOW DAVID LE SAUMOND CHANGED THE COURSE OF AN ANCIENT NUISANCE

LONDON BRIDGE (1066)

XIV AT BARTLEMY FAIR HOW BARTY APPLEBY WENT TO THE FAIR AT SMITH FIELD AND CAUGHT A MISCREANT

MIDSUMMER DAY IN ENGLAND

XV EDWITHA'S LITTLE BOWL HOW EDWITHA FOUND ROMAN POTTERY IN THE FIELD OF A SUSSEX FARM

SONG OF THE TAPESTRY WEAVERS

XVI LOOMS IN MINCHEN LANE HOW CORNELYS BAT, THE FLEMISH WEAVER,

THE WISHING CARPET

XVII THE HERBALIST'S BREW HOW TOMASO, THE PHYSICIAN OF PADUA, FOUND A CURE FOR A WEARY SOUL

THE MARIONETTES

XVIII THE HURER'S LODGERS HOW THE POPPET OF JOAN, THE DAUGHTER

ARMORER'S SONG

XIX DICKON AT THE FORGE HOW A SUSSEX SMITH FOUND THE WORLD COME TO HIM IN THE WEALD

THE WANDER-YEARS

XX THE WINGS OF THE DRAGON HOW PADRAIG MADE IRISH WIT A JOURNEYMAN TO FLORENTINE GENIUS

ST. ELOI'S BLESSING

XXI GOLD OF BYZANTIUM HOW GUY OF LIMOGES TAUGHT THE ART OF BYZANTIUM TO WILFRID OF SUSSEX

THE WATCHWORD

XXII COCKATRICE EGGS HOW TOMASO THE PHYSICIAN AND BASIL THE SCRIBE HELD THE KEYS OF EMPIRE

BY
L. LAMPREY

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY
FLORENCE GARDINER

AND NUMEROUS LINE DRAWINGS BY
MABEL HATT

NEW YORK
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To
MY FATHER
HENRY PHELPS LAMPREY