William Morris ( 1834 - 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain.

Introduction; Bibliographical note; The Roots of the Mountains: 1. Of Burgstead and its folk and its neighbours; 2. Of Face-of-god and his kindred; 3. They talk of diverse matters in the hall; 4. Face-of-god fareth to the woods again; 5. Face-of-god falls in with the menfolk in the mountain; 6. Of Face-of-god and those mountain-dwellers; 7. Face-of-god talketh with the friend on the mountain; 8. Face-of-god cometh home again to Burgstead; 9. Those brethren fare to the yew-wood with the bride; 10. New tidings in the dale; 11. Men make oath at Burgstead; 12. Stone-face telleth concerning the wood-wights; 13. They fare to the hunting of the elk; 14. Concerning Face-of-god and the mountain; 15. Murder amongst the folk of the woodlanders; 16. The bride speaketh with Face-of-god; 17. The token cometh from the mountain; 18. Face-of-god talketh with the friend in shadowy vale; 19. The fair woman telleth Face-of-god of the kindred; 20. Those two together hold the ring of the earth-god; 21. Face-of-god looketh on the dusky men; 22. Face-of-god cometh home to Burgstead; 23. Talk in the hall in the house of the face; 24. Face-of-god giveth that token to the bride; 25. Of the gate-thing at Burgstead; 26. The ending of the gate-thing; 27. Face-of-god leadeth a band through the wood; 28. The men of Burgdale meet the runaways; 29. They bring the runaways to Burgstead; 30. Hall-face goeth towards Rosedale; 31. Of the weaponshow of the men of Burgdale and their neighbours; 32. The men of Shadowy Vale come to the spring market at Burgstead; 33. The alderman gives gifts to them of Shadowy Vale; 34. The chieftains take counsel in the house of the face; 35. Face-of-god talketh with the sunbeam; 36. Folk-might speaketh with the bride; 37. Of the folk-mote of the dalesmen, the shepherd-folk, and the woodland carles; 38. Of the great folk-mote; 39. Of the great folk-mote; 40. Of the hosting in Shadowy Vale; 41. The host departeth from Shadowy Vale; 42. The host cometh to the edges of Silverdale; 43. Face-of-god looketh on Silverdale; 44. Of the onslaught of the men of the steer, the bridge, and the bull; 45. Of Face-of-god's onslaught; 46. Men meet in the market of Silverstead; 47. The kindreds win the mote-house; 48. Men sing in the mote-house; 49. Dallach fareth to Rosedale; 50. Folk-might seeth the bride and speaketh with her; 51. The dead borne to bale; 52. Of the new beginning of good days in Silverdale; 53. Of the word which Hall-ward of the steer had for Folk-might; 54. Tidings of Dallach; 55. Departure from Silverdale; 56. Talk upon the wild-wood way; 57. How the host came home again; 58. How the maiden ward was held in Burgdale; 59. The behest of Face-of-god to the bride accomplished.