ILLUSTRATIONS
"He held up the shoe with great disfavor" (_in colors_) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "Waiting for the wool-merchants" 4
"'Some of us will live to see Thomas of Canterbury a Saint of the Church'" 21
"The medallion was a picture in colored glass" 36
"'Upon my word, the race of wood-carvers has not yet come to an end'" 67
"'Have you been here all this time?'" 86
"Barbara knew exactly where to go" (_in colors_) 96
"'It is time to set him building for England'" 168
"'How beautiful it is!' he exclaimed" (_in colors_) 194
"Tomaso seemed not to have seen her action" 216
"The Marionettes" 224
"'It is better than the sketch,' he cried heartily" 246
"'And there goes what would seat the King of England on the throne of the Caesars,' quoth Tomaso" (_in colors_) 284