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_,