Transcriber's Note:
- The half-title page has been removed.
- The left side of the illustration framing the title page has been reconstructedusing the intact right side by the transcriber, who puts this new title page image in the public domain.
- Each illustration listed below has been extracted from its original page, in which the image served as a background for the text.
- Page 91, closing quotation mark added after "... and so good."
THE DOGE SAT ALONE IN A GREAT CARVEN CHAIR
THE ISLAND
OF ENCHANTMENT
BY
JUSTUS MILES FORMAN
ILLUSTRATED BY
HOWARD PYLE
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS * MCMV
Copyright, 1905, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published September, 1905.
Contents
| PAGE | |
| I. YOUNG ZUAN GRADENIGO | 1 |
| II. THE WOMAN OF ABOMINATION | 59 |
Illustrations
| "THE DOGE SAT ALONE IN A GREAT CARVEN CHAIR" | Frontispiece |
| HE LAID THE MANTLE OVER THE GIRL'S SHOULDERS | Facing p. 32 |
| "HE LAY AWHILE, CONSCIOUS OF GREAT COMFORT" | Facing p. 60 |
| SHE HUNG DROOPING IN THE GREAT CHAIR OF STATE | Facing p. 98 |
The Island of Enchantment
I
Young Zuan Gradenigo
Evil tidings have their own trickof spreading abroad. You cannotbury them. The news which hadcome secretly to Venice was knownfrom the Giudecca to Madonna dell'Ortoin two hours. Before noon itwas in Murano.
Young Zuan Gradenigo, making hisway on foot from the crow
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