Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS THE FULL SERIES OF The Mysteries of the People OR History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages By EUGENE SUE _Consisting of the Following Works_: THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_. THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_. THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustine and Syomara_. THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_. THE BASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_. THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan_. THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_. THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_. THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_. THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_. THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_. THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_. THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_. THE IRON TREVET; or, _Jocelyn the Champion_. THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_. THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_. THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_. THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_. THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_. Published Uniform With This Volume By THE NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. 28 CITY HALL PLACE NEW YORK CITY THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS OR THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARLEMAGNE A Tale of the Ninth Century By EUGENE SUE TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY DANIEL DE LEON NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY. 1908 Copyright 1908, by the NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. INDEX TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. v PART I--AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. CHAPTER. I. AMAEL AND VORTIGERN. 3 II. THE COURTYARD OF THE PALACE. 18 III. IN THE GALLERIES OF THE PALACE. 24 IV. CHARLEMAGNE. 29 V. THE PALATINE SCHOOL. 40 VI. THE BISHOP OF LIMBURG. 44 VII. TO THE HUNT. 54 VIII. THE FOREST OF OPPENHEIM. 58 IX. AT THE MORT. 71 X. EMPEROR AND HOSTAGE. 77 XI. FRANK AND BRETON. 88 PART II--THE CONQUEST OF BRITTANY. I. IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS. 107 II. THE BRETON CHIEF. 112 III. ABBOT AND BRETON. 120 IV. THE DEFILE OF GLEN-CLAN. 132 V. THE MARSH OF PEULVEN. 139 VI. THE FOREST OF CARDIK. 146 VII. THE MOOR OF KENNOR. 151 VIII. THE VALLEY OF LOKFERN. 156 EPILOGUE. 159 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE