Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Edition d'Elite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By CHARLES MORRIS _Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the Dramatists," etc._ IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume V German J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON Copyright, 1893, by J.B. Lippincott Company. Copyright, 1904, by J.B. Lippincott Company. Copyright, 1908, by J.B. Lippincott Company. _CONTENTS_ PAGE HERMANN, THE HERO OF GERMANY 7 ALBION AND ROSAMOND 19 THE CAREER OF GRIMOALD 28 WITTEKIND, THE SAXON PATRIOT 37 THE RAIDS OF THE SEA-ROVERS 47 THE CAREER OF BISHOP HATTO 58 THE MISFORTUNES OF DUKE ERNST 64 THE REIGN OF OTHO II 69 THE FORTUNES OF HENRY THE FOURTH 77 THE ANECDOTES OF MEDIAEVAL GERMANY 92 FREDERICK BARBAROSSA AND MILAN 105 THE CRUSADE OF FREDERICK II 118 THE FALL OF THE GHIBELLINES 129 THE TRIBUNAL OF THE HOLY VEHM 138 WILLIAM TELL AND THE SWISS PATRIOTS 148 THE BLACK DEATH AND THE FLAGELLANTS 162 THE SWISS AT MORGARTEN 170 A MAD EMPEROR 176 SEMPACH AND ARNOLD WINKELRIED 187 ZISKA, THE BLIND WARRIOR 198 THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE 210 LUTHER AND THE INDULGENCES 217 SOLYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT AT GUNTZ 229 THE PEASANTS AND THE ANABAPTISTS 238 THE FORTUNES OF WALLENSTEIN 252 THE END OF TWO GREAT SOLDIERS 265 THE SIEGE OF VIENNA 277 THE YOUTH OF FREDERICK THE GREAT 288 VOLTAIRE AND FREDERICK THE GREAT 305 SCENES FROM THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR 315 THE PATRIOTS OF THE TYROL 328 THE OLD EMPIRE AND THE NEW 343 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. GERMAN. PAGE MAXIMILIAN RECEIVING VENETIAN DELEGATION 7 RETURN OF HERMANN AFTER HIS VICTORY OVER THE ROMANS 13 THE BAPTISM OF WITTEKIND 43 THE MOUSE-TOWER ON THE RHINE 61