Excerpt from Crystalline, or the Heiress of Fall Down Castle: A Romance The incident on which this little tale is founded is not new, and is without doubt familiar to many. It is as old as the legend from which the charming composition of LA gazza Lanna, or the Thieving Magpie, is derived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.