28 George Redways Publications. 



Large Crown 8vo, the Cover emblazoned and floriated with Stars and 



Serpents and Sunflowers, and the Arms of France and of Navarre. 



Gilt top, los. 6d. 



The Fortunate Lovers. 



Twenty-seven Novels of the Queen of Navarre. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY 

 ARTHUR MACHEN. 



EDITED AND SELECTED FROM THE " HEPTAMERON," WITH 



NOTES, PEDIGREES, AND AN INTRODUCTION, BY 



A. MARY F. ROBINSON. 



WITH ORIGINAL ETCHING BY G. P. JACOMB HOOD. 

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" After Boccaccio's, these stories are perhaps the best of their kind." 

 Scotsman. 



" Miss Robinson's notes, and more especially her ably written introduction, 

 which is practically a biography of Margaret of Angouleme, will enable 

 readers to appreciate the 'personalities' in the stories more keenly than 

 would otherwise be possible. Scotsman. 



"These tales of old-world gallantry cruelly depict certain phases of the 

 life of an age as brilliant as it was corrupt, and must ever prove attractive to 

 the antiquarian and the scholar. Mr Machen well preserves the incisive and 

 quaint tone of the original text." Morning Post. 



"A REALLY CHARMING WORK OF ART AND OF LITERATURE. " Athenimm. 



" Super-realistic as the love-stories now and then are, according to our 

 notions of modesty, they have, one and all, a wholesome moral, and go far 

 to throw light on an interesting period in the history of France. Handsomely 

 bound and 'got up,' and furnished with a charming etching by Mr Jacomb 

 Hood as frontispiece, the volume may well be recommended to all readers, 

 and particularly to all students of history. " Pall Mall Gazette. 



" The ' Heptameron ' is itself, and independent of externals, an exceedingly 

 pretty book, ... a book of interesting and rather puzzling authorship, and 

 lastly, one which strikes the key-note of a certain time better almost than any 

 other single work." Athenaum. 



"No reader can resist the charm of these old-world stories. . . . Miss 

 Robinson has exercised a sound and judicious discretion . . . without sacri- 

 ficing too much of the large utterance and the rich aroma of the originals." 

 Daily News. 



" The book may be recommended to all who wish to understand that 

 singular mixture of piety and voluptuousness which distinguishes the French 

 Renaissance. " Athenteum. 



" The book is not quite one for indiscriminate presentation, but it is exceed- 

 ingly well done, and is beautifully printed and bound." Glasgow Herald. 



" We owe her [Miss Robinson] thanks for having put in a worthy form 



