Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. Under the Witches' Moon THE ROMANCES OF NATHAN GALLIZIER * * * * * _Each, one volume, 12mo, cloth, illustrated. Net $1.35; carriage paid, $1.50_ Castel del Monte The Sorceress of Rome The Court of Lucifer The Hill of Venus The Crimson Gondola * * * * * Under the Witches' Moon _12mo, cloth, illustrated. Net $1.50; carriage paid, $1.65_ * * * * * THE PAGE COMPANY 53 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. [Illustration: "It was that of a man coming towards her" (_See page 143_)] Under the Witches' Moon A Romantic Tale _of_ Mediaeval Rome _BY Nathan Gallizier_ Author of "The Crimson Gondola," "The Hill of Venus," "The Court of Lucifer," "The Sorceress of Rome," "Castel del Monte," Etc. [Illustration] THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON MDCCCCXVII _Copyright, 1917,_ BY THE PAGE COMPANY _All rights reserved_ First Impression, October, 1917 THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A. _"To some Love comes so splendid and so soon, With such wide wings and steps so royally, That they, like sleepers wakened suddenly, Expecting dawn, are blinded by his noon. "To some Love comes so silently and late, That all unheard he is, and passes by, Leaving no gift but a remembered sigh, While they stand watching at another gate. "But some know Love at the enchanted hour, They hear him singing like a bird afar, They see him coming like a falling star, They meet his eyes--and all their world's in flower." ETHEL CLIFFORD_ CONTENTS BOOK THE FIRST Chapter Page I. The Fires of St. John 3 II. The Weaving of the Spell 13 III. The Dream Lady of Avalon 20 IV. The Way of the Cross 30 V. On the Aventine 38 VI. The Coup 46 VII. Masks and Mummers 60 VIII. The Shrine of Hekaté 67 IX. The Game of Love 79 X. A Spirit Pageant 90 XI. The Denunciation 97 XII. The Confession 102 BOOK THE SECOND I. The Grand Chamberlain 115 II. The Call of Eblis 128 III. The Crystal Sphere 134 IV. Persephoné 146 V. Magic Glooms 152 VI. The Lure of the Abyss 160 VII. The Face in the Panel 167 VIII. The Shadow of Asrael 173 IX. The Feast of Theodora 187 X. The Chalice of Oblivion 204 BOOK THE THIRD I. Wolfsbane 221 II. Under the Saffron Scarf 230