Excerpt from Typhaines Abbey: A Tale of the Twelfth CenturyI would not, at my advanced age of seventy-eight years, have thought of taking the trouble to write and publish a romance, even were I endowed with genius and learning su¿icieut to qualify me to produce a picture so admirable as this tale of the Twelfth Century, composed by you while lately Ambassador of France to the King of the Hellenes, at Athens, but I felt constrained to make this translation solely as an act of personal homage to you, and as my most'sincere expression of gratitude for many hours of happiness, and for much instruction that I have derived from the perusal of your works on Ethnology and other works of various research.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.