Excerpt from The Jonah Legend: A Suggestion of Interpretation IF thucydides did really write these words which are attributed to him, he must have been far in advance of his time. We live now in a critical age, and all history, traditional or otherwise, is being tried by the test which the Old historian indicated as being necessary. Still, it has taken a long time to reach this mental condition; and even yet it may be assumed that many will reject this method when applied to the story Of Jonah. Biblical criticism. 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.