George Saintsbury.(1)
London, October 1892.
1 As I have spoken so strongly of the attempts to identify
the personages of the _Heptameron_, it might seem
discourteous not to mention that one of the most
enthusiastic and erudite English students of Margaret,
Madame Darmesteter (Miss Mary Robinson), appears to be
convinced of the possibility and advisableness of
discovering these originals. Everything that this lady
writes is most agreeable to read; but I fear I cannot say
that her arguments have converted me.--G. S.
_DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE_,
PREFIXED TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS OF THE TALES OF THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
_To the most Illustrious, most Humble, and most Excellent Princess_,
Madame Margaret de Bourbon,
Duchess of Nevers, Marchioness of Illes, Countess of Eu, of Dreux,
Retelois, Columbiers, and Beaufort, Lady of Aspremont, of Cham-Regnault,
of Arches, Rencaurt, Monrond, and La Chapelle-d'Angylon, Peter
Boaistuau surnamed Launay, offers most humble salutation and perpetual
obedience.
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