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The Earthly Paradise
By William Morris.
1868

MARCH - AUGUST

A Table of Contents
An Apology
Prologue—The Wanderers
To The Reader

March

Introduction
Atalanta's Race
The Man Born to be King

April

Introduction
The Doom of King Acrisius
The Proud King

May

Introduction
The Story of Cupid and Psyche
The Writing on the Image

June

Introduction
The Love of Alcestis
The Lady of the Land

July

Introduction
The Son of Crœsus
The Watching of the Falcon

August

Introduction
Pygmalion and the Image
Ogier the Dane
End Matter

SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER

Title Page
Contents

September

Introduction
The Death of Paris
The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon

October

Introduction
The Story of Accontius and Cydippe
The Man Who Never Laughed Again

November

Introduction
The Story of Rhodope

The Lovers of Gudrun

Of Herdholt and Bathstead
The Prophecy of Guest the Wise
Gudrun twice Wedded, Widowed and Wooed of Kiartan
The Dealings of King Olaf Tryggvison with the Icelanders
Bodli brings Tidings to Bathstead
Kiartan's Farewell to Norway
Kiartan back in Iceland; Refna comes into the Tale
Tidings brought to Bathstead of Kiartan's coming back
Kiartan weds Refna
The Sword comes back without the Scabbard
The Stealing of the Coif
Refna hears Women talking
Kiartan fetches the price of the Coif from Bathstead
Thorhalla tells of Kiartan's Comings and Goings
The Slaying of Kiartan Olafson
Kiartan brought dead to Bathstead
What Folk did at Herdholt after the Slaying
Gudrun's deeming of the Men who loved her.

DECEMBER - FEBRUARY

Title Page
Contents

December

Introduction
The Golden Apples
The Fostering of Aslaug

January

Introduction
Bellerophon at Argos
The Ring Given to Venus

February

Introduction
Bellerophon in Lycia
The Hill of Venus
Epilogue
L’Envoi