THE STORY OF

VENUS AND TANNHÄUSER

in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State held by Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, under the famous Hörselberg, and containing the Adventures of Tannhäuser in that Place, his Repentance, his Journeying to Rome and Return to the Loving Mountain.

A ROMANTIC NOVEL

BY

AUBREY BEARDSLEY

Now first printed from the Original Manuscript

LONDON

FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION

MCMVII

FOREWORD

Only a portion of this work, Beardsley's most ambitious literary effort, has hitherto been printed, with the title "Under the Hill". The present work is a complete transcript of the whole of the manuscript as originally projected by Beardsley. It has been deemed advisable, owing to the freedom of several passages, to issue only a limited number of copies for the use of those literary students who are also admirers of Beardsley's wayward genius.

 "La chaleur du brandon Venus." Le Roman de la Rose, v. 22051. 

Le Roman de la Rose, v. 22051.

CONTENTS

 CHAPTER I. HOW THE CHEVALIER TANNHÄUSER ENTERED INTO THE HILL OF VENUS.

CHAPTER I.

 CHAPTER II. OF THE MANNER IN WHICH VENUS WAS COIFFED AND PREPARED FOR SUPPER.

CHAPTER II.

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