By GEORGE SURREY
Mid Clash of Swords
A Story of the Sack of Rome. Coloured Illustrations by T. C. DUGDALE.
Wilfrid Salkeld, a young Englishman, enters the employ of Giuliano deMedici, the virtual ruler of Florence, whom he serves with a zeal thatthat faint-hearted man does not deserve; he meets Giovanni theInvincible; and makes friends with the great Benvenuto Cellini. He hasmany a fierce tussle with German mercenaries and Italian robbers, aswell as with those whose jealousy he arouses by his superior skill inarms.
A Northumbrian in Arms
A Story of the Time of Hereward the Wake. Illustrated in Colour by J.FINNEMORE.
Harold Ulfsson, companion of Hereward the Wake and conqueror of theWessex Champion in a great wrestling bout, is outlawed by the influenceof a Norman knight, whose enmity he has aroused, and goes north to serveunder Earl Siward of Northumbria in the war against Macbeth, theScottish usurper. He assists in defeating an attack by a band ofcoast-raiders, takes their ship, and discovering that his father hasbeen slain and his land seized by his enemy, follows him into Wales. Hefights with Griffith the Welsh King, kills his enemy in a desperateconflict amidst the hills, and, gaining the friendship of Harold, Earlof Wessex, his outlawry is removed and his lands restored to him.