On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau
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- ON THE CROSS
- A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau
- Wilhelmine von Hillern
- Mary J. Safford
- DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHER
- PHILADELPHIA
- ANTHONY J. DREXEL BIDDLE.
- TO
- HERR JOHANNES DIEMER,
- THE RENOWNED DELIVERER OF THE PROLOGUE IN THE PASSION PLAYS OF THE LAST DECADE, A TRUE SON OF AMMERGAU, IN WHOSE UNASSUMING PERSON DWELLS THE CALM, DEEP SOUL OF THE ARTIST, THE LOYAL SYMPATHIZING FRIEND, IN WHOSE PEACEFUL HOME I FOUND THE QUIET AND THE MOOD I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS WORK, IT IS NOW DEDICATED, WITH GRATEFUL ESTEEM, BY
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- CHAPTER XL.
- CONCLUSION.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I.
- A PHANTOM
- CHAPTER II.
- OLD AMMERGAU
- CHAPTER III.
- YOUNG AMMERGAU
- CHAPTER IV.
- EXPELLED FROM THE PLAY
- CHAPTER V.
- MODERN PILGRIMS
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE EVENING BEFORE THE PLAY
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE PASSION PLAY
- CHAPTER VIII.
- FREYER
- CHAPTER IX.
- SIGNS AND WONDERS
- CHAPTER X.
- IN THE EARLY MORNING
- CHAPTER XI.
- MARY AND MAGDALENE
- CHAPTER XII.
- BRIDAL TORCHES
- CHAPTER XIII.
- BANISHED FROM EDEN
- CHAPTER XIV.
- PIETA
- CHAPTER XV.
- THE CROWING OF THE COCK
- CHAPTER XVI.
- PRISONED
- CHAPTER XVII.
- FLYING FROM THE CROSS
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER XIX.
- AT THE CHILD'S BEDSIDE
- CHAPTER XX.
- CONFLICTS
- CHAPTER XXI.
- UNACCOUNTABLE
- CHAPTER XXII.
- FALLING STARS
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- NOLI ME TANGERE
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE
- CHAPTER XXV.
- DAY IS DAWNING
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE LAST SUPPORT
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- BETWEEN POVERTY AND DISGRACE
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- PARTING
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- IN THE DESERTED HOUSE
- CHAPTER XXX.
- THE "WIESHERRLE."
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- THE RETURN HOME
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- TO THE VILLAGE
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- RECEIVED AGAIN
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- AT DAISENBERGER's GRAVE
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- THE WATCHWORD
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- MEMORIES
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- THE MEASURE IS FULL
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- ON THE WAY TO THE CROSS
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- STATIONS OF SORROW
- CHAPTER XL.
- NEAR THE GOAL
- CONCLUSION.
- FROM ILLUSION TO TRUTH.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE END.
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