Chapter I: The Legend of Coombs Rocks

II. THE LEGEND OF ALMAN'S DEATH: A Tale of Melandra Castle
III. KING ARTHUR'S ADVENTURE
IV. THE LEGEND OF WAR HILL
V. SIR RO, OF STALEY HALL
VI. ROBIN HOOD'S VISIT TO LONGDENDALE
VII. THE ABBOT OF BASINGWERKE, or the Wehr Wolf of Longdendale
VIII. THE DEVIL'S ELBOW
IX. THE LEGEND OF CHARLESWORTH CHAPEL
X. SIR EDMUND SHAA
XI. LORD LOVEL'S FATE
XII. THE RAIDERS FROM THE BORDER-SIDE
XIII. THE LEGEND OF GALLOW'S CLOUGH
XIV. THE KING'S EVIL: or the Wonderful Cure of the Mottram Parson
XV. THE MAGIC BOOK
XVI. THE PARSON'S WIFE
XVII. THE DEVIL AND THE DOCTOR
XVIII. THE WRITING ON THE WINDOW PANE
XIX. A LEGEND OF THE CIVIL WAR
XX. A TALE OF THE '))45
XXI. THE HAUNTED FARM
XXII. THE SPECTRE HOUND
XXIII. THE BOGGART OF GODLEY GREEN

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PICTORIAL TITLE, with Distant View of Mottram Church, and
Author's Portrait.--(A Sketch by H. C. Jaxon and F. Redfern)
ROMAN COINS, BRICKS, AND TILES FROM MELANDRA
INSCRIBED ROMAN STONE FROM MELANDRA
PREHISTORIC SPEARHEAD FROM MOUSELOW CASTLE
"THE PRINCESS INELD"
"A COUNTRY MAID OF LONGDENDALE"
THE WAR-HILL, MOTTRAM--WITH VIEW OF CHURCH
"IN THE MINSTREL'S GALLERY"
DOORWAY TO STALEY CHAPEL, MOTTRAM CHURCH
EFFIGY OF SIR RO AND HIS LADY, MOTTRAM CHURCH
"THE FOREST OF LONGDENDALE":--View at Bottom's Hall
"THE ROBIN HOOD STONE"
"THE ABBOT'S CHAIR"
BASE OF CROSS ON THE MONK'S ROAD
"THE LADY GERALDINE"
"THE FAIRIES"
"BESS ANDREW"
MOTTRAM CHURCH AND VILLAGE CROSS
"A RUNNING STREAM"
DUKINFIELD HALL
"A PURITAN CHANT OF PRAISE"
ARMS OF THE DUKINFIELD FAMILY
ANCIENT DOORWAY, MOTTRAM CHURCH

To
FREDERICK HIGHAM,
of
Abbotsford, Godley Green, Hyde,
in memory of
Happy Hours spent together in Literary Association,
and for the sake of
A Friendship which ripens as the Years pass,
This Book of
Legends of that Wild Land we both Love,
is Dedicated
by
THE AUTHOR.