Fourtales are, itis said, intendedbytheAuthortobe appropriatetothe Four Seasons: the stern, grave “Sintram”, towinter; thetearful, smiling, fresh“Undine”, to Spring; thetorriddeserts ofthe “Two Captains”, to summer; and the sunsetgoldof“Aslauga’s Knight”, to autumn. Ofthesetwo arebeforeus.
