Chapter I: Front Matter

+Maugis, Ye Sorcerer.+

+FROM Ye ANCIENT FRENCH.+

A Wonderful Tale from ye Writings of ye Mad
Savant of ye Maison Maugis in ye Olde
Citie of Mouzon, France.

By LORD GILHOOLEY, D.C.,
_Author of “Yutzo.”_

F. TENNYSON NEELY,
PUBLISHER,
LONDON. NEW YORK.

Copyright, 1898,
by
+F. Tennyson Neely+,
in
United States
and
Great Britain.

All Rights Reserved.

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| DEDICATION. |
| TO THE FOOLS WHO COMPOSE THE “SOCIETE |
| D’ETHNOGRAPHIE” OF NANCY, FRANCE, |
| THIS WORK IS HEREBY DEDICATED. |
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APOLOGY.

_To the Honorable Gentlemen composing the Société d’Ethnographie,
Nancy, France._

+Gentlemen+: In the above dedication I have the sincerest regret in committing, what under other circumstances would be an unpardonable insult upon the gentlemen of a learned body, none of whom I have ever had the honor of meeting, but whose position in the world of science and letters I know to be perfectly unassailable. Let me explain.

An oath, made to the late Charles Voudran, a former member of your Honorable Society, has compelled this regrettable action, which, otherwise, would have resulted in the loss of a vast amount of rare historical information to the world, as, I trust, a perusal of the following pages, will satisfactorily explain.

With the most profound respect,

+Frederick O’Hoolihan.+
(LORD GILHOOLEY.)

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE.

The Mysterious Door, _Frontispiece_

Interior Cathedral, Mouzon, 12

The Haunted Battlefield, 32

Ancient Gate of Mouzon, 52

Château Montfort, 70

Surprise of the Castle, 76

Old Spanish Houses, 100

Maugis, 120

Charlemagne at the head of his Army, 124

Ye Olde City of Mouzon, 164

Cathedral of Mouzon, 216

Cathedral Door, Mouzon, 244

MAUGIS, YE SORCERER.