The Iron Star — And What It Saw on Its Journey Through the Ages From Myth to History

Produced by Rose Koven, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks

PREFACE

J. P. T. - SEPTEMBER, 1899. - SPARK I. - HOW THE STAR CAME INTO THIS WORLD. - SPARK II. - HOW THE STAR AGAIN BEGAN TO TRAVEL. - SPARK III. - HOW THE STAR WAS CARRIED ON THE WARPATH, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. - SPARK IV. - HOW THE STAR WENT TO THE NORTHLAND. - SPARK V. - HOW THE STAR FLEW INTO MANY PIECES AND WHAT CAME OF IT. - SPARK VI. - HOW FRAGMENTS OF THE STAR TRAVELLED TO A FAR COUNTRY. - SPARK VII. - HOW THE STAR HELPED ULF THE SILENT TO WIN A GREAT NAME. - SPARK VIII. - HOW THE IRON STAR VISITED A GREAT KING. - SPARK IX. - HOW THE STAR HELPED TO WIN A THRONE. - SPARK X. - HOW THE STAR SANG A SONG OF FREEDOM TO A CAPTIVE KING. - SPARK XI. - HOW THE STAR WAS PRESENT AT THE GREAT GIFT OF THE BARONS. - SPARK XII. - AND HOW IT WENT HALF ROUND THE EARTH, YET CROSSED AGAIN AT LAST THE TRAIL OF LEIF ERICSSON. - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. - THE FALLING OF THE STAR - STONE AGE SPEARS AND POTTERY - KNIVES, FROM THE BRONZE AGE - THE STORIES OF UMPL'S HUNTING - UMPL'S PICTURE-BOOKS - "JARL SIGURD, THRALL AM I, YET A CHIEF'S SON ALSO" - HOW EDITH FAIRHAIR SPUN THE SNOW-WHITE YARN - ULF, THE YOUNG VIKING - THE STATUE OF LEIF ERICSSON - THE HUNTING OF THE BEAR - THE GHOSTS AND WOLVES THEY SAW BEYOND THE FIRE - THE FLAG OF THE WHITE BEAR'S HEAD - WHERE LOUIS FOUND THE ARMOUR OF THE VIKING - THE IRON HAND ON THE MAGNA CHARTA - THE TENT POLE OF THE SARACEN - IN THE CAMP OF THE ARABS - CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH - SPARK I. - HOW THE STAR CAME INTO THIS WORLD.

SPARK II. - HOW THE STAR AGAIN BEGAN TO TRAVEL.

SPARK III. - HOW THE STAR WAS CARRIED ON THE WARPATH, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.

SPARK IV. - HOW THE STAR WENT TO THE NORTHLAND.

SPARK V. - HOW THE STAR FLEW INTO MANY PIECES, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.

SPARK VI. - HOW FRAGMENTS OF THE STAR TRAVELLED TO A FAR COUNTRY.

SPARK VII. - HOW THE STAR HELPED ULF THE SILENT TO WIN A GREAT NAME.

"AOI!" - SPARK VIII. - HOW THE IRON STAR VISITED A GREAT KING.