Introductory material
Reading edition
Sometimes it was only a bird [Frontispiece]
Gessler's methods of persuasion [Plate I]
They would march about, beating tin cans and shouting [Plate II]
An egg flew across the meadow, and burst over Leuthold's shoulder [Plate III]
"Here! Hi!" shouted the soldiers, "Stop!" [Plate IV]
They saw Friesshardt raise his pike, and bring it down with all his force on Tell's head [Plate V]
"Look here!" he began. "Look there!" said Friesshardt [Plate VI]
Friesshardt rushed to stop him [Plate VII]
The crowd danced and shouted [Plate VIII]
"Come, come, come!" said Gessler, "tell me all about it" [Plate IX]
"I have here an apple" [Plate X]
There was a stir of excitement in the crowd [Plate XI]
A moment's suspense, and then a terrific cheer arose from the spectators [Plate XII]
"Seize that man!" he shouted [Plate XIII]
He was led away to the shore of the lake [Plate XIV]
Tell's second arrow had found its mark [Plate XV]
The Swiss, against their Austrian foes, Had ne'er a soul to lead 'em, Till Tell, as you've heard tell, arose And guided them to freedom. Tell's tale we tell again--an act For which pray no one scold us-- This tale of Tell we tell, in fact, As this Tell tale was told us.