The Miracles of Antichrist BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE EMPEROR OF PORTUGALLIA (_Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard_) JERUSALEM, A Novel (_Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard_) THE STORY OF GÖSTA BERLING (_Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach_) THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS (_Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard_) THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF NILS (_Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard_) THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT (_Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard_) THE LEGEND OF THE SACRED IMAGE (_Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard_) THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST (_Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach_) CHRIST LEGENDS (_Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard_) FROM A SWEDISH HOMESTEAD (_Trans. from Swedish by Jessie Brochner_) INVISIBLE LINKS (_Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach_) LILLIECRONA’S HOME (_Trans. from Swedish by Anna Barwell_) THE MIRACLES _of_ ANTICHRIST _A NOVEL_ FROM THE SWEDISH OF SELMA LAGERLÖF TRANSLATED BY PAULINE BANCROFT FLACH [Illustration] GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1919 _Copyright, 1899, by_ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages_ CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: CHAPTER PAGE I THE EMPEROR’S VISION 1 II ROME’S HOLY CHILD 9 III ON THE BARRICADE 19 FIRST BOOK I MONGIBELLO 25 II FRA GAETANO 39 III THE GOD-SISTER 48 IV DIAMANTE 62 V DON FERRANTE 64 VI DON MATTEO’S MISSION 71 VII THE BELLS OF SAN PASQUALE 77 VIII TWO SONGS 113 IX FLIGHT 125 X THE SIROCCO 128 XI THE FEAST OF SAN SEBASTIANO 156 SECOND BOOK I A GREAT MAN’S WIFE 185 II PANEM ET CIRCENSES 193 III THE OUTCAST 204 IV THE OLD MARTYRDOM 213