Excerpt from The Legenda, 1900 AS the words of the Dean floated up to us concerning the deeds of the wonderful children of Israel, hours spent with those versed in the sacred lore came before us. Their chairs were there ves; and filled. On the whole we were cheerfully inclined toward those upright figures. Perhaps they may have looked stern when we spoke of the serious place in the world's history, and the age-long security of the desert. Perhaps they may have called us stupid when we puzzled our brains over the words Age of Solomon on the examination paper; for how were we to know what precise period of the gentleman's career was referred to? Perhaps they may have turned us to account for continually confusing the Apocryphal with the Apocalypse. But I have my doubts whether they did not enjoy all these blunders, and crack huge jokes over them for their own diversion and table conversation; else why should the same pitfalls have been laid for each succeeding class? 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.