Translator’s Note
In rendering into English this novel of Dr. Jókai’s, which many of his countrymen consider his masterpiece, I have been fortunate enough to secure the collaboration of my friend, Mr. Zoltán Dunay, a former colleague, whose excellent knowledge of the English language and literature marked him out as the most competent and desirable collaborator.
Arthur B. Yolland.
Budapest, 1898.