Excerpt from Taboo: A Legend Retold From the Dirghic of Saevius Nicanor, With Prolegomena, Notes, and a Preliminary Memoir I know, be employed to interpret the dicta Of Ackermann and Macrobius, or even the canons Of Doctors Matthews and Sherman herein cited, and thus open dire vistas wherein critic would prey on critic, and the most respectable would be locked in fratricidal strife. Moreover, I have applied your method to many Of the Mother Goose rhymes with rather curious results. But happily, I have here to confess to you, not any disputable literary standards I may harbor, but only my nu arguable debt. 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.