Ruins Of The Rhine Their Times And Traditions

1838. With eight engravings after original Desings by painters of the Dusseldorf School. From Reumont, German scholar and diplomatist whose numerous writings deal mainly with Italy, comes a collection of tales and traditions translated from the original German. Contents: St. Gertrude's Pledge; The Swan Tower; The Solingen Blade; Altenberg Cloister; The Legend of St Ursula; The Pfaffen-Thor (Priest's Door) at Cologne; Herman Joseph; Richmuth of Aducht; Fastrada's Ring; The Erection of the Cathedral at Aix-la-Chapelle; The Count Palatine; The Hunch-back of Aix-la-Chapelle; Drachenfels and Rolandseck; The Castle of Stolzenburg; Steinfeld Abbey; The Brothers; St. Goar; Lore-Ley; The Seven Maidens; The Wisperthal; The Bride of Rheinstein; Saint Hildegard; The Palantine's Stone; The Devil's Ladder; Queen Hildegardis; Catherine of Heilbronn; Henry the Fourth at Klopp; Bromser and Gisela; Adolphus of Nassau; Giant of Eppstein; Eginhard and Emma; Frederic and Gela or the Founding of Gelahausen; The Minneburg or the Three Sisters; The Wolf's Well; The Mouse Tower; White Hen of Wolfshag; Notburga; and Rodenstein.