Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) [Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed. Archaic spellings (i.e. divers, skilful, stopt, etc.) have been retained. Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text. (note of etext transcriber)] _The Story of Verona_ _The Mediæval Town Series_ ASSISI.* By LINA DUFF GORDON. [_4th Edition._ BRUGES.† By ERNEST GILLIAT-SMITH. [_3rd Edition._ BRUSSELS.† By ERNEST GILLIAT-SMITH. CAIRO.† By STANLEY LANE-POOLE. [_2nd Edition._ CAMBRIDGE.† By CHARLES W. STUBBS, D.D. CHARTRES.† By CECIL HEADLAM. CONSTANTINOPLE.* By WILLIAM H. HUTTON. [_2nd Edition._ DUBLIN.† By D. A. CHART. EDINBURGH.† By OLIPHANT SMEATON. FERRARA.† By ELLA NOYES. FLORENCE.† By EDMUND G. GARDNER. [_8th Edition._ LONDON.† By HENRY B. WHEATLEY. [_2nd Edition._ MOSCOW.* By WIRT GERRARE. [_2nd Edition._ NUREMBERG.* By CECIL HEADLAM. [_4th Edition._ OXFORD.† By CECIL HEADLAM. PARIS.† By THOMAS OKEY. PERUGIA.* By MARGARET SYMONDS and LINA DUFF GORDON. [_5th Edition._ PRAGUE.* By COUNT LÜTZOW. ROME.† By NORWOOD YOUNG. [_5th Edition._ ROUEN.† By THEODORE A. COOK. [_3rd Edition._ SEVILLE.† By WALTER M. GALLICHAN. SIENA.† By EDMUND G. GARDNER. [_2nd Edition._ TOLEDO.* By HANNAH LYNCH. [_2nd Edition._ VERONA.† By ALETHEA WIEL. [_3rd Edition._ VENICE.† By THOMAS OKEY. _The prices of these (*) are 3s. 6d. net in cloth, 4s. 6d. net in leather; these (†), 4s. 6d. net in cloth, 5s. 6d. net in leather._ [Illustration: _Centrepiece by A. Mantegna, behind the High Altar of S. Zeno._] _The Story of_ Verona _by Alethea Wiel Illustrated by Nelly Erichsen and Helen M. James_ [Illustration: colophon] _London: J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House, 29 and 30 Bedford Street Covent Garden, W.C. 1907_ _First Edition, July 1902_ _Second Edition, August 1904_ _Third Edition, August 1907_ _All rights reserved_ _To_ _My Husband_ PREFACE