THE AMULET.

BY HENDRIK CONSCIENCE,

AUTHOR OF "THE CURSE OF THE VILLAGE,"
"THE HAPPINESS OF BEING RICH,"
"VEVA,"
"THE LION OF FLANDERS,"
"COUNT HUGO OF CRAENHOVE,"
"WOODEN CLARA,"
"THE POOR GENTLEMAN,"
"RICKETICKETACK,"
"THE DEMON OF GOLD,"
"THE VILLAGE INN-KEEPER,"
"THE CONSCRIPT," "BLIND ROSA,"
"THE MISER,"
"THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER," ETC.

Translated Expressly for this Edition.



TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.


In the "Amulet," Hendrick Conscience has worked up an incident which
occurred at Antwerp, in the 16th century, into a story of great power
and deep interest. It was a dark and bloody deed committed, but swift
and terrible was the retribution, strikingly illustrating how God
laughs the sinner to scorn, and how the most cunningly devised schemes