_Mary Shelley, Author of "Frankenstein."_ New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953 (Nitchie, _Mary Shelley_) ELIZABETH NITCHIE May, 1959 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE iii INTRODUCTION vii MATHILDA 1 NOTES TO MATHILDA 81 THE FIELDS OF FANCY 90 NOTES TO THE FIELDS OF FANCY 103.