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[Frontispiece: 'She seized the robber unexpectedly by the legs, and tipped him head first into the mighty chest.']
THE YOUNG CARPENTERS OF FREIBERG.
A TALE OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR.
Translated from the German by J. LATCHMORE, JUN.
EDINBURGH: WILLIAM OLIPHANT & CO. 1880.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS
'She seized the robber unexpectedly by the legs, and tipped him head first into the mighty chest.' . . . . . . Frontispiece
Conrad recognized an old comrade, John Hillner.
Promise me that I shall have an honourable burial; and let the lads say, "A good journey to thee, old comrade!"
Nothing but the moustache on the pale face indicated the warlike calling of the man who now addressed Conrad.
THE YOUNG CARPENTERS OF FREIBERG.
CHAPTER I.
THE MILLER'S WIFE OF ERBISDORF.
CHAPTER II.
THE FAMILY AT HOME.
CHAPTER III.
PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
CHAPTER IV.
THE ENEMY BEFORE THE TOWN.
[Illustration: Conrad recognised an old comrade, John Hillner.]
CHAPTER V.
THE SOWER OF TARES.
CHAPTER VI.
THE SECOND ASSAULT.
CHAPTER VII.
CONRAD UNDER THE WINDOW-SEAT.
CHAPTER VIII.
ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE.
[Illustration: 'Promise me that I shall have an honourable burial; and let the lads say, "A good journey to thee, old comrade!"']
CHAPTER IX.
DIVERSE HUMAN HEARTS.
[Illustration: Nothing but the mustache on the pale face indicated the warlike calling of the man who now addressed Conrad.]
CHAPTER X.
WAR OFTEN OPPOSES THE TEACHINGS OF CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER XI.
HISTORICAL.
CHAPTER XII.
TREACHERY AND DELIVERANCE.
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