# The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories

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The Sword of Welleran
And Other Stories
By Lord Dunsany
Author of "Time and The Gods," etc.
With Illustrations by S. H. Sime
London: George Allen & Sons Ruskin House, 156 Charing Cross Road mcmviii
THE SWORD OF WELLERAN
"WE ARE BUT DREAMS, LET US GO AMONG DREAMS"
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
DEDICATED
with deep gratitude to those few, known to me
or unknown, who have cared for either of my
former books, "The Gods of Pegana," "Time
and the Gods"
I am indebted to the editor of the Saturday Review for permission to republish here two stories, "In the Twilight" and "The Lord of Cities," which originally appeared in his Review.
My thanks are also due to the editors of The Celtic Christmas, The Neolith, and The Shanachie, in which papers have appeared "The Fall of Babbulkund," "The Highwaymen," "The Hurricane," "On the Dry Land," "The Doom of La Traviata," and "The Whirlpool."
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* THE SWORD OF WELLERAN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* THE FALL OF BABBULKUND ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* THE KITH OF THE ELF-FOLK ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
* THE HIGHWAYMEN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* IN THE TWILIGHT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125
* THE GHOSTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139
* THE WHIRLPOOL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................153
* THE HURRICANE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................161
* THE FORTRESS UNVANQUISHABLE, SAVE FOR SACNOTH ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................167
* THE LORD OF CITIES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................211
* THE DOOM OF LA TRAVIATA ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................229
* ON THE DRY LAND ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................237
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
* "WE ARE BUT DREAMS, LET US GO AMONG DREAMS"Frontispiece
* "WELLERAN! AND THE SWORD OF WELLERAN!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................To face page 34
* "EVEN I TOO, EVEN I TOO!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................54
* THE LIGHT OF ONG ZWARBA ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
* TOM O' THE ROADS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* "GOOD-BYE" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................134
* ONELEIGH ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141
* "A HERD OF BLACK CREATURES" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................147
* THE FORTRESS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................183
* THE SOUL OF LA TRAVIATA ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................235
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1957, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 66 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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