ates of Faerie
There bends a wild witch-hazel tree.
The fairies know its elfin powers.
They wove a garland of the flowers,
And on a misty autumn day
They crowned their queen--and ran away!
And by that gift they made you free
Of all the roads of Faerie!_

CONTENTS

PAGE
_To Foresta_ v

I
ASGARD THE BEAUTIFUL (1348) 1
_The Viking's Secret_ 17

II
THE RUNES OF THE WIND-WIFE (1364) 18
_The Navigators_ (1415-1460) 34

III
SEA OF DARKNESS (1475) 35
_Sunset Song_ 48

IV
PEDRO AND HIS ADMIRAL (1492) 50
_The Queen's Prayer_ 65

V
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT DIE (1493-1494) 66
_The Escape_ 80

VI
LOCKED HARBORS (1497) 81
_Gray Sails_ 93

VII
LITTLE VENICE (1500) 94
_The Gold Road_ 104

VIII
THE DOG WITH TWO MASTERS (1512) 105
_Cold o' the Moon_ (1519) 117

IX
WAMPUM TOWN (1508-1524) 121
_The Drum_ 133

X
THE GODS OF TAXMAR (1512-1519) 134
_The Legend of Malinche_ 148

XI
THE THUNDER BIRDS (1519-1520) 150
_Moccasin Flower_ 165

XII
GIFTS FROM NORUMBEGA (1533-1535) 167
_The Mustangs_ 181

XIII
THE WHITE MEDICINE MAN (1528-1536) 182
_Lone Bayou_ (1542) 195

XIV
THE FACE OF THE TERROR (1564) 197
_The Destroyers_ 214

XV
THE FLEECE OF GOLD (1561-1577) 215
_A Watch-dog of England_ (1583) 237

XVI
LORDS OF ROANOKE (1584) 238
_The Changelings_ 250

XVII
THE GARDENS OF HELENE (1607-1609) 252
_The Wooden Shoe_ 269

XVIII
THE FIRES THAT TALKED (1610) 270
_Imperialism_ 282

XIX
ADMIRAL OF NEW ENGLAND (1600-1614) 284
_The Discoverers_ 299

BIBLIOGRAPHY 300

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'I will tell you where there is plenty of it'" (in color)
_Frontispiece_

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