Excerpt from The Wellesley Prelude, Vol. 1: Wellesley College, November 23, 1889 T/ze Heroes of t/ze Crusade. By Amanda [v]. Doug las. Boston: Lee S/zepara'. This historic narra tive, by Amanda M. Douglas, whose reputation as an author is well established, will at once command the deepest attention of the reading public The work is an accurate and exceedingly readable history of the Crusades, and astory of the personal incidents and efforts of the Crusaders themselves in their heroic en deavors to rescue the Holy Sepulchre, break up the feudal system, extend the influence of arts and manu factures, and to broaden the influence of Christian civilization. The book abounds in fascinating passages descriptive of the heroism of the Crusaders, and the author has never given greater evidence of her graphic powers as a writer. The bookcontains fifty full-page illustrations, and reveals the fact that there were heroes and romances in the days of the Crusades. 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.