BY

M. G. LEWIS,

AUTHOR OF The Monk, Adelgitha, &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

"Ah! happy he, who thus in magic themes
O'er worlds bewitched in early rapture dreams,
Where wild Enchantment waves her potent wand,
And Fancy's beauties fill her fairy land."-

CRABBE.

VOLUME THE FIRST,

CONTAINING

MISTRUST; OR, BLANCHE AND OSBRIGHT.
THE ADMIRAL GUARINO.-KING RODRIGO'S FALL.
BERTRAND AND MARY-BELLE.

THE LORD OF FALKENSTEIN.-SIR GUY, THE SEEKER,
THE ANACONDA. THE DYING BRIDE.
THE FOUR FACARDINS, PART I.

Printed for M. & W. WARD, 149, Pearl-street.

THE NEW YO PUBLIC LIBRARY

280444

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1901

THESE VOLUMES

ARE INSCRIBED TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

Lady Charlotte Maria Campbell.

While stranger-eyes, whene'er her form is seen,
Own her of captive hearts unrivalled Queen ; -
While stranger-ears, catching some passive strain,
The music of her voice through life retain ;
Admired by all, with truth she still may boast,
The few, who know her best, admire her most.

London, June 21, 1808.

M. G. LEWIS

A

PREFACE

I AM equally unwilling to take any merit to myself, which does not justly belong to me, and to deprive another of that praise, which is his due; but I find it difficult to point out exactly, what portion of the following work is my individual property. Even in those Tales, which are least my own, I have made so many and such important alterations, omissions, and interpolations, that it would have been less trouble to write an entire new work; but I doubt not, any such work composed by my own unassisted abilities, would have been greatly inferior to the present. this dilemma, I believe, the best and shortest way will be to request my readers, to ascribe whatever pleases them to the authors of the original Tales, and to lay all the faults at my door. However, what little information I can give respecting this work, shall be laid before the public, and in as few words as possible.

In

"MISTRUST"-" THE ANACONDA”-
"MY UNCLE'S GARRET WINDOW”.
"AMORASSAN”—

Are of a German origin. In particular, the idea of "Mistrust" was suggested by a Tragedy, from which I have borrowed a great part of the plot, and one of