F. ANSTEY
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF
"THE GIANT'S ROBE," "VICE VERSÂ," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY BERNARD PARTRIDGE
NEW YORK and LONDON
HARPER AND BROTHERS
1898
"To you, Free and ingenious spirits, he doth now In me, present his service, with his vow He hath done his best; and, though he cannot glory In his invention (this work being a story Of reverend antiquity), he doth hope In the proportion of it, and the scope, You may observe some pieces drawn like one Of a steadfast hand; and with the whiter stone To be marked in your fair censures. More than this I am forbid to promise." Massinger.