iii. A banquet is prepared for the new bride; Griselda is

sent for to serve, but is reinstated in her husband's affections and finds her children. From the picture in the National Gallery by (?) Bernardino Fungai.

THE PALACE OF THE POPES AT AVIGNON 164

MASETTO AND THE NUNS (_Dec._, iii, 1) 174 In 1538 this woodcut appears in Tansillo's _Stanze_. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

MASETTO AND THE NUNS (_Dec._, iii, 1) 174 A woodcut from _Le Cento Novelle_ in ottava rima. (Venice, 1554.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

MONNA TESSA EXORCISING THE DEVIL. (_Dec._, vii, 1) 184 A woodcut from the _Decameron_. (Venice, 1525.)

MONNA TESSA EXORCISING THE DEVIL. (_Dec._, vii, 1) 184 Appeared in Sansovino's _Le Cento Novelle_ (Venice, 1571.) (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

A WOODCUT FROM THE _DECAMERON_. (STRASBURG, 1535) 194 (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

TITLE OF THE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE _DECAMERON_ (VALLADOLID, 1539) 204 (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

A WOODCUT FROM THE _DECAMERON_ (VENICE, 1602.) TITLE TO DAY V 214 (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

PETRARCH AND BOCCACCIO DISCUSSING 224 From a miniature in the French version of the _De Casibus Virorum_, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Showcase V, MS. 126.)

POMPEIA, PAULINA, AND SENECA 230 A woodcut from the _De Claris Mulieribus_ (Ulm, 1473), cap. 92. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J and J. Leighton.)

EPITHARIS 234 A woodcut from the _De Claris Mulieribus_ (Ulm, 1493), cap. 91. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

PAULINA, MUNDUS, AND THE GOD ANUBIS 238 A woodcut from the _De Claris Mulieribus_ (Ulm, 1473), cap. 89. (By the courtesy of Messrs. J. and J. Leighton.)

THE TORTURE OF REGULUS 244 A woodcut from Lydgate's _Falle of Princes of John Bochas_. (London, 1494.)

BOCCACCIO DISCUSSING 250 From a miniature in the French version of the _De Casibus Virorum_, made in 1409 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XII.)

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 265 From the fresco in S. Apollonia, Florence. By Andrea dal Castagno (1396(?)-1457).

CERTALDO 280

BOCCACCIO'S HOUSE IN CERTALDO 284

ROOM IN BOCCACCIO'S HOUSE AT CERTALDO 288

THE LADIES AND YOUTHS OF THE _DECAMERON_ LEAVING FLORENCE 292 From a miniature in the French version of the _Decameron_, made in 1414 by Laurent le Premierfait. MS. late XV century. (Brit. Mus. Rothschild Bequest. MS. XIV.)

POGGIO GHERARDO, NEAR SETTIGNANO, FLORENCE 298 (The scene of the first two days of the _Decameron_.)

VILLA PALMIERI, NEAR FLORENCE 302 (The scene of the third and following days of the _Decameron_.)

LA VALLE DELLE DONNE 306 From a print of the XVIII century in Baldelli's _Vita di Gio. Boccaccio_.

TITLE PAGE OF VOLUME II OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF THE _DECAMERON_ (ISAAC JAGGARD, 1620.) 312

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO