They must learn quite early in life that they have duties as well as
pleasures, and the duties cannot be set aside or forgotten. But they
love games and holidays as dearly as the children of our own land.




Contents

CHAPTER

I. CHRISTMAS
II. TOY-MAKING
III. THE WICKED BISHOP
IV. THE COFFEE-PARTY
V. THE BEAUTIFUL CASTLE
VI. THE GREAT FREDERICK
VII. THE BRAVE PRINCESS
VIII. WHAT THE WAVES BRING
IX. THE MAGIC SWORD




List of Illustrations

BERTHA
BERTHA'S FATHER AND MOTHER
THE RATS' TOWER
COURTYARD OF HEIDELBERG CASTLE