| Preface. | |
| Chapter 1: | The Old Chief And The Young. |
| Chapter 2: | Men Of Three Kingdoms. |
| Chapter 3: | The Ship Of Silence. |
| Chapter 4: | By Sea And Fire. |
| Chapter 5: | Vision And Pursuit. |
| Chapter 6: | A Sea Queen's Champions. |
| Chapter 7: | The Treasure Of The King. |
| Chapter 8: | Storm And Salvage. |
| Chapter 9: | The Isle Of Hermits. |
| Chapter 10: | Planning And Learning. |
| Chapter 11: | The Summons Of The Beacons. |
| Chapter 12: | With Sail And Oar. |
| Chapter 13: | Athelstane's Foster Son. |
| Chapter 14: | Dane And Irishman. |
| Chapter 15: | The Torque And Its Wearer. |
| Chapter 16: | In Old Norway. |
| Chapter 17: | Homeward Bound. |
| Chapter 18: | A Sea Queen's Welcome. |
| Notes. |
Few words of introduction are needed for this story, exceptingsuch as may refer to the sources of the details involved.
The outfit of the funeral ship is practically that of the vesselfound in the mound at Goekstadt, and now in the museum atChristiania, supplemented with a few details from the shipdisinterred last year near Toensberg, in the same district. In boththese cases the treasure has been taken from the mound by raiders,who must have broken into the chamber shortly after the interment;but other finds have been fully large enough to furnish details ofwhat would be buried with a chief of note.
With regard to the seamanship involved, there are incidentsrecorded in the Sagas, as well as the use of a definite phrase for"beating to windward," which prove that the handling of a Vikingship was necessarily much the same as that of a square-riggedvessel of today. The experience of the men who sailed thereconstructed duplicate of the Goekstadt ship across the Atlanticto the Chicago Exhibition bears this out entirely. The powers ofthe beautifully designed ship were by no means limited to