Front matter
William Painter translation
The first seven pages of the printed book have been moved to the end of this section of the e-text.
In the introduction, the spelling “Giovanne” (Boccaccio) is used more often than “Giovanni”. Unless otherwise noted, brackets [ ] and question marks (?) are in the original.
Note that “Tome I” refers to the two-volume editions of Painter and Haslewood, while “Volume I” refers to Jacobs’s three-volume edition (the present text). Tome I goes up to Novel LXVI (i.66); Volume I ends at Novel XLVI (i.46).
Title Page Text
Ballantyne Press BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. EDINBURGH AND LONDON
TO
EDWARD BURNE-JONES
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Indented or italicized items were added by the transcriber. Italicized terms do not appear in the printed text. The “Tome I” link leads to a separate file containing novels I - XLVI.