. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . hteen years of age, reigned from 940 to 946 ; Edred, 946 to955 ; Edwy, fifteen years of age, 955 to 958 ; Edgar, fifteen years of age, 958to 975 ; Edward, thirteen years of age, 975 to 979 ; Ethelred, ten years of age,979 to 1016. So the boy kings reigned in all seventy-six years, and governed England intheir youth for nearly fifty years. I like your story, Master Toby, said Master Lewis ; as a story,I mean. The historic facts are mainly as you have given them, butI think St. Dunstans intentions may have been good, after all. Heli
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . hteen years of age, reigned from 940 to 946 ; Edred, 946 to955 ; Edwy, fifteen years of age, 955 to 958 ; Edgar, fifteen years of age, 958to 975 ; Edward, thirteen years of age, 975 to 979 ; Ethelred, ten years of age,979 to 1016. So the boy kings reigned in all seventy-six years, and governed England intheir youth for nearly fifty years. I like your story, Master Toby, said Master Lewis ; as a story,I mean. The historic facts are mainly as you have given them, butI think St. Dunstans intentions may have been good, after all. Helived in an age of superstition, when it was believed that any politicalact was right that would increase the power of. the church. Chris-tianity then was not what it had been in the early church nor what itis to-day. Men must be somewhat regarded in the light of the timesin which they lived. The literary exercises for the evening were thus closed. CHAPTER IV. GERMAN STORIES. The Story of the Emperor William. — The Story of Sneeze with T the first meeting of the Club to study the historyand to relate stories of the Rhine and the North,Master Lewis was present, and, after the prelimi-nary business had been transacted, said that hehad some suggestions in mind which he wished to m ake. I notice, he said, that many of you have been obtaining fromthe Boston Public Library English translations of the works of Hauff,Hoffman, Baron de La Motte Fouque, Grimm, Schiller, and Tieck, andI think that there is danger that story-reading and story-telling mayoccupy too much of your time and thought. Let me propose that abrief history of each author be given with the. story at the meetingsof the Club, so that you may at least obtain some knowledge of Ger-man literature. The suggestion met with the approval of all, and it was voted thatat future meetings the biographies of authors should be given withthe stories, and that only the stories ~ the best authors should beselec
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