Runes. An early love poem. 118




ILLUSTRATIONS


DEATH OF SAINT BEDE _Frontispiece_

WHITBY ABBEY _Page_ 19

KING ALFRED THE GREAT 48

THE RUTHWELL CROSS 80

THE ALFRED JEWEL 114

A SAXON SHIP 114





FOREWORDS


This little book makes no claim to be a history of pre-Conquest
Literature. It is an attempt to increase the interest which Catholics
may well feel in this part of the great 'inheritance of their fathers.'