Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by THOMAS BULFINCH,
in the Clerk's Office or the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON.
JAN 8 50
TO MRS. JOSEPH COOLIDGE.
DEAR MADAM:—
To you, who have sympathized in my tastes, and encouraged my researches, I dedicate this attempt to depict the age of chivalry, and to revive the legends of the land of our fathers.