The King of Elfland's Daughter

About The King of Elfland's Daughter, and Lord Dunsany: Beyond the Fields We Know . . . vi Preface . . . xi I The Plan of the Parliament of Erl . . . 1 II Alveric Comes in Sight of the Swords of Elfland . . . 9 III The Magical Sword Meets Some of the Swords of Elfland . . . 17 IV Alveric Comes Back to Earth After Many Years . . . 26 V The Wisdom of the Parliament of Erl . . . 31 VI The Rune of the Elf King . . . 38 VII The Coming of the Troll . . . 43 VIII The Arrival of the Rune . . . 50 IX Lirazel Blows Away . . . 58 X The Ebbing of Elfland . . . 64 XI The Deep of the Woods . . . 71 XII The Unenchanted Plain . . . 78 XIII The Reticence of the Leather-Worker . . . 86 XIV The Quest for the Elfin Mountains . . . 92 XV The Retreat of the Elf King . . . 99 XVI Orion Hunts the Stag . . . 105 XVII The Unicorn Comes in the Starlight . . . 113 XVIII The Grey Tent in the Evening . . . 117 XIX Twelve Old Men Without Magic . . . 123 XX A Historical Fact . . . 132 XXI On the Verge of Earth . . . 138 XXII Orion Appoints a Whip . . . 145 XXIII Lurulu Watches the Restlessness . . . 153 XXIV Lurulu Speaks of Earth and the Ways of Men . . . 161 XXV Lirazel Remembers the Fields We Know . . . 168 XXVI The Horn of Alveric . . . 177 XXVII The Return of Lurulu . . . 188 XXVIII A Chapter on Unicorn-Hunting . . . 196 XXIX The Luring of the People of the Marshes . . . 202 XXX The Coming of too Much Magic . . . 209 XXXI The Cursing of Elfin Things . . . 215 XXXII Lirazel Yearns for Earth . . . 219 XXIII The Shining Line . . . 225 XXXIV The Last Great Rune . . . 233