There are, of course, many other mediaeval tales and romances; but our aim has been to enable the reader to gain some general idea of the principal examples, leaving him to pursue the study in its many branches if he wishes a more complete idea of the literature of the past and of the influence it has exerted and still exerts upon the writers of our own day.

INDEX TO POETICAL QUOTATIONS.

Ariosto, 141, 211. 
Arnold, Matthew, 212, 243, 269. 
Beowulf, (translations by Conybeare, Keary, Longfellow, Metcalfe), 9, 10,
  11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21. 
Buchanan, 145, 146. 
Bulwer Lytton, 219. 
Burney, Dr. (translation), 141. 
Byron, 150. 
Chanson de Roland (translations by Rabillon), 144, 145, 147, 148. 
Conybeare (translations), 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21. 
Cursor Mundi, 4. 
Death Song of Regner Lodbrock (translations by Herbert), 272, 276, 279. 
Dippold, G. T., (translations, Great Epics of Mediaeval Germany, Roberts
  Bros., Boston,), 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 188, 190,
  195, 237, 239. 
Dragon of Wantley, 238. 
Drayton, 208, 210, 217, 218. 
Ellis, 207, 208, 209, 210, 227. 
Ettin Langshanks, The, 115, 116. 
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 308. 
Giles (translation), 308. 
Goethe, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49 50, 52. 
Gottfried von Strassburg, 237, 239, 241. 
Gudrun, (translations by Dippold, Great Epics of mediaeval Germany,
  Roberts Bros., Boston), 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34. 
Hartmann von Aue, 223. 
Head, Sir Edmund, (Ticknor’s Spanish Literature, Messrs. Harper Bros., New
  York), 150. 
Heldenbuch (translations by Weber), 95, 96, 101, 105, 106, 107, 118, 119,
  121. 
Hemans, Mrs., 278. 
Herbert (translations), 272, 276, 279. 
Hildebrand, Song of, (translation by Bayard Taylor, Studies in German
  Literature, G.P.  Putnam’s Sons, New York), 127. 
Ingemann, 136. 
Jamieson (translations), 115, 116. 
Jones, J.C., 17. 
Keary (translation), 11. 
King Arthur’s Death, 230. 
Lady Alda’s Dream (translation by Head), 149. 
Layamon, 232. 
Legend of King Arthur, 218. 
Lettsom (translations), 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66,
  68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85. 
Lockhart, (Ancient Spanish Ballads, G.P.  Putnam’s Sons, New York), 282,
  283, 284, 285, 286, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297,
  298, 299, 300. 
Longfellow, (Poets and Poetry of Europe, and Poetical Works, Houghton,
  Mifflin & Co., Boston), 12, 13, 95, 137, 251, 253, 254, 256, 258, 265. 
Lord Lovel, Ballad of, 245. 
McDowall (translation), 200. 
Metcalfe (translations), 16, 21. 
Morris, William, 275. 
Nibelungenlied (translations by Lettsom), 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,
  62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74,