aeva, also had
a lame foot. In Le Sage's book _Le Diable boiteux_ Asmodeus appears as
a limping gentleman, who uses two sticks as crutches. According to
rabbinical tradition this demon broke his leg when he hurried to meet
King Solomon. In addition to his broken leg the devil inherited the
goat-foot from Pan, the bull-foot from Dionysius and the horse-foot
from Loki. The Ethiopic devil's right foot is a claw, and his left a
hoof.

The devil is erroneously represented in this story as very lazy.
Industry, it has been said, is the great Satanic virtue. "If we were
all as diligent and as conscientious as the devil," observed an old
Scotch woman to her minister, "it wad be muckle better for us."

The highest peak of a mountain is always consecrated to St. Michael.
The Mont St.-Michel on the Norman Coast played a conspicuous part in
the wars of the sons of William the Conqueror. Maupassant uses it as
the background for several of the chapters of his novel _Notre Coeur_
(1890). The mountain also figures in his story "Le Horla" (1886).

THE DEMON POPE

BY RICHARD GARNETT

The following two stories by Richard Garnett have been taken from his
book _The Twilight of the Gods_, which was first published anonymously
in 1888, and in a "new and augmented edition," with the author's name,
in 1902. The title recalls Richard Wagner's opera _Goetterdaemmerung_,
but may have been directly suggested by Elemir Bourges, whose novel
_Le Crepuscule des dieux_ appeared four years earlier than Garnett's
collection of stories. In his book Richard Garnett plays havoc with
all religions. The demons, naturally enough, fare worse at his hands
than the gods. _The Twilight of the Gods_ is a panorama of human folly
and farce. Franz Cumont has said that human folly is a more
interesting study than ancient wisdom. The author finds a great joy in
pointing out all the mysterious cobwebs which have collected on the
ceiling of man's brain in the course of the ages. Mr. Arthur Symons
rightly calls this book "a Punch and Judy show of the comedy of
civilization."

The story of "The Demon Pope" is based upon a legend of a compact
between a Pope and the devil. It is believed that Gerbert, who later
became Pope Silvester II, sold his soul to Satan in order to acquire a
knowledge of physics, arithmetic and music. The fullest account of
this legend will be found in J. J. Dollinger's _Fables Respecting the
Popes of the Middle Ages_ (Engl. Translation, 1