[Pg 1] [Pg 1] THE TINTED VENUS A Farcical Romance BY F. ANSTEY AUTHOR OF "THE GIANT'S ROBE," "VICE VERSÂ," ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY BERNARD PARTRIDGE NEW YORK and LONDON NEW YORK and LONDON HARPER AND BROTHERS 1898 [Pg 5] "To you, Free and ingenious spirits, he doth now In me, present his service, with his vow He hath done his best; and, though he cannot glory In his invention (this work being a story Of reverend antiquity), he doth hope In the proportion of it, and the scope, You may observe some pieces drawn like one Of a steadfast hand; and with the whiter stone To be marked in your fair censures. More than this I am forbid to promise." Massinger. [Pg 6] [Pg 5] "To you, Free and ingenious spirits, he doth now In me, present his service, with his vow He hath done his best; and, though he cannot glory In his invention (this work being a story