General introduction.--The Battle of Maldon.--The Battle of Brunanburh.--The Finnesburh fragment.--The riddles.--The charms.--The ruin.--Deor.--Wulf.--The wife's lament.--The husband's message.--Caedmon's hymn.--Physiologus; the panther and the whale.--The wanderer.--The seafarer.--The Brussels cross.--The dream of the rood.--Appendix I: A sample of Old English.--Appendix II: Further reading (p. 136-138)