Walladmor: - And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. - In Two Volumes. Vol. I.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Walladmor:, by Thomas De Quincey This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Author: Thomas De Quincey Release Date: March 8, 2010 [EBook #31563] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WALLADMOR: *** Produced by Charles Bowen, from scans obtained for the Internet Archive 1. Scans provided by The Web Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/walladmor01dequ The 3-volume German original was fictitiously attributed to Sir Walter Scott, but actually written by G.W.H. Häring (under the pseud. of Willibald Alexis). It was freely adapted into English by Thomas De Quincey. WALLADMOR: "FREELY TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN FROM THE ENGLISH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT." AND NOW FREELY TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN INTO ENGLISH. IN TWO VOLUMES. My root is earthed; and I, a desolate branch, Left scattered in the highway of the world, Trod under foot, that might have been a column Mainly supporting our demolished house.- -Massinger. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY, 93 FLEET STREET, AND 13 WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL. 1825 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER.