Excerpt from The Dream Numbers, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel It was the 14th of September at Lucca, and it was mid-day; a fact which was proclaimed on that 14th of September at Lucca, not merely by the ordinary striking of the city clocks from the numerous belfries, but by a multifarious and merry, if not very melodious, clanging and clashing of bells of every kind of tone, for the 14th of September is the highest day of all the year at Lucca. Fortunate in so many other circumstances, Lucca is fortunate also in having its great annual holiday, the festa of the Vollo Santo, at so festal a period of the year. 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.