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                                TALES

                                 OF A

                             WAYSIDE INN


                                  BY

                     HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.


                            [Illustration]


                               BOSTON:
                         TICKNOR AND FIELDS.
                                1863.




      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by
                     HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW,
    in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
                            Massachusetts.


                          UNIVERSITY PRESS:
                     WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY,
                              CAMBRIDGE.




CONTENTS.


TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN.

                                                          PAGE
  PRELUDE.

      THE WAYSIDE INN                                        1

  THE LANDLORD'S TALE.

      PAUL REVERE'S RIDE                                    18

  INTERLUDE                                                 26

  THE STUDENT'S TALE.

      THE FALCON OF SER FEDERIGO                            30

  INTERLUDE                                                 46

  THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE.

      THE LEGEND OF RABBI BEN LEVI                          49

  INTERLUDE                                                 53

  THE SICILIAN'S TALE.

      KING ROBERT OF SICILY                                 55

  INTERLUDE                                                 69

  THE MUSICIAN'S TALE.

      THE SAGA OF KING OLAF                                 71

          I. The Challenge of Thor                          71
         II. King Olaf's Return                             74
        III. Thora of Rimol                                 79
         IV. Queen Sig