Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved

Published October, 1909.


TO

JUSTIN McCARTHY


CHAP. PAGE
I.The May-day Queen[1]
II.A Child and a Child[28]
III.Vittoria[46]
IV.The Words of the Image[54]
V.One Way With a Quarrel[66]
VI.Lover and Lass[80]
VII.Concerning Poetry[92]
VIII.Monna Vittoria Sends Me a Message[108]
IX.Madonna Vittoria Sounds a Warning[120]
X.The Devils of Arezzo[131]
XI.Messer Folco's Festival[138]
XII.Dante Reads Rhymes[144]
XIII.Go-Betweens[164]
XIV.Messer Simone Spoils Sport[176]
XV.A Spy in the Night[190]
XVI.The Talk of Lovers[204]
XVII.A Strange Betrothal[215]
XVIII.A Word for Messer Simone[225]
XIX.The Ride in the Night[243]
XX.The Fight With Those of Arezzo[256]
XXI.Maleotti Bears False Witness[266]
XXII.The Return of the Reds[279]
XXIII.The Peace of the City[286]
XXIV.Breaking the Peace[297]
XXV.Meeting and Parting[309]
XXVI.The Enemy at the Gate[322]
XXVII.The Solitary City[335]
Note[343]