The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5)

In his introductory essay to this translation of the Heptameron , Mr. George Saintsbury has called attention to the researches of various commentators

在这部《七日谈》译本的序言中，乔治·圣茨伯里先生提请读者注意各位评论家的考证。

As it may be fairly assumed that the setting of the work is pure invention on the Queen’s part, the researches in question can scarcely serve any useful purpose.

由于这部作品的情节完全可以假定为女王的纯粹虚构，那些考证几乎没有任何实际用处。