Excerpt from The Book of Saint Nicholas: Translated From the Original Dutch Everybody has heard of St. Nicholas, that honest Dutch saint, whom I look upon as having been one of the most liberal, good-natured little fat fellows in the world. But, strange as it may Seem, though everybody has heard, nobody seems to know anything about him. The place of his birth, the history of his life, and the manner in which he cameto be the dispenser of Newyear Cakes, and the patron of good boys, are matters that have hitherto not been investigated, as they ought to have been long and long ago. I am about to supply this deficiency, and pay a debt of honour which is due to illustrious and obscure tute lary geniaasf t 6.me9wmm It hath often been justly remarked that the birth, parentage, and education of. The most illustrious personages of antiquity, are usually enveloped in the depths of obscurity. And this obscurity, so far 2 b d) r g3a legend or st. Nicholas. 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.