Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://www.archive.org/details/ekkehardtaleofte01scheuoft 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. COLLECTION OF GERMAN AUTHORS. VOL. 21. * * * * * EKKEHARD BY JOSEPH VICTOR SCHEFFEL. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. EKKEHARD. A TALE OF THE TENTH CENTURY BY JOSEPH VICTOR SCHEFFEL. _Authorized Edition_. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY SOFIE DELFFS. IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. I. LEIPZIG 1872 BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON. CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. PARIS: C. REINWALD, 15, RUE DES SAINTS PÉRES. TO HER DEAR FRIEND MRS. EMILY CHAMIER THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE TRANSLATOR. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. Preface of the Translator The Author's Preface CHAPTER I. Hadwig, the Duchess of Suabia II. The Disciples of St. Gallus III. Wiborad the Recluse IV. In the Monastery V. Ekkehard's Departure VI. Moengal VII. Virgilius on the Hohentweil VIII. Audifax IX. The Woman of the Wood X. Christmas XI. The old Man of the Heidenhöhle XII. The Approach of the Huns XIII. Heribald and his Guests XIV. The Battle with the Huns PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR.