WULNOTH THE WANDERER STORIES OF VIKING DAYS Illustrated and Decorated by the Kinneys =The Thrall of Leif the Lucky.= By Ottilie A. Liljencrantz. Six pictures in full color. _Eighth Edition._ =The Ward of King Canute.= By Ottilie A. Liljencrantz. Six pictures in full color. _Third Edition._ =For the White Christ.= By Robert Ames Bennet. Four pictures in full color. _Each volume beautifully printed and bound, $1.50_ A. C. McCLURG & CO., Publishers [Illustration: "And it was peace time in their souls, and the Princess Edgiva lifted her face to Wulnoth and smiled, and her eyes spoke words that her lips uttered not." [Page 154.]] Wulnoth The Wanderer A Story of King Alfred of England BY H. Escott-Inman With decorations and frontispiece by Troy & Margaret West Kinney Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1908 Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1908 Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, Eng. Published October 17, 1908 The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I How Wyborga the Wise spoke with King Hardacnute 1 II How Wulnoth saved Edgiva from the Bear 12 III How Wulnoth journeyed by the Birds' Road 27 IV The Coming of Hungwar and Hubba 39 V Of Wulnoth's Schooling 53 VI Of Wulnoth's Strange Wrestling in the Place of Desolation 64 VII Of the Coming of Wulnoth to the Danish Sea-kings 75 VIII Of what befell Wulnoth in the Halls of the Danes 87 IX How the Sea-kings sailed for East Anglia 98 X Of the Slaying of Edmund, the King of the East Saxons 111 XI How Wulnoth met with Wyborga again 124 XII How Wulnoth and Wahrmund visited the Christian Church 136 XIII Of how Wulnoth met with Edgiva again 147 XIV How Wahrmund the Dane gave his Life for Wulnoth 159 XV How Wulnoth came to Alfred 170 XVI How the Men of Wessex fought the Danes 183 XVII The Passing of Ethelred the King 195 XVIII Of the Coming back of Guthrun 203 XIX Of the Capturing of the Raven Banner 214 XX Of the Hunting of the Ring 226 XXI Of the Gleeman who visited the Danish Camp 237 XXII The Battle of Ethandune 248 XXIII How Hungwar was slain, and the Danes became Christians 260