JOINT EDITORS

ARTHUR MEE

J. A. HAMMERTON

VOL. I

FICTION

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

EDMOND ABOUT The King of the Mountains Edmond About was the son

HARRISON AINSWORTH Tower of London William Harrison Ainsworth,

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN The Improvisatore Hans Christian

APULEIUS The Golden Ass Apuleius was born about 125 A.D., at

The Arabian Nights Or, The Thousand and One Nights There is as

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE Song-Story of the Twelfth Century If

BERTHOLD AUERBACH On the Height Berthold Auerbach, a German

WILLIAM BECKFORD History of the Caliph Vathek William Beckford,

APHRA BEHN Oroonoko: the Royal Slave In her introduction to

CYRANO DE BERGERAC A Voyage to the Moon Savinien Cyrano de

BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON Arne BjOrnstjerne BjOrnson, one of the

In God's Way

WILLIAM BLACK A Daughter of Heth William Black, born in

R. D. BLACKMORE Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge Blackmore, one of

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO The Decameron Or Ten Days' Entertainment

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