But after Mr.Knight's delightful book any old history must seem very poor.

What is my burly friend here ?" "O, a dreadful veterinary-surgeon's encyclopaedia--_The Farmer's Friend_ I think it is called; all about the ailments of animals." "And the next ?" "The next is an odd volume of the _Penny Magazine_.

Dear aunt Dorothy is rich in odd volumes." "And the next,--my bulky friend number two,--with a cracked leather back and a general tendency to decay ?" "O, that is the Meynell Bible." The MEYNELL BIBLE! A hot perspiration broke out upon my face as I knelt at Charlotte Halliday's feet, with my hand resting lightly on the top of the book.
"The Meynell Bible!" I repeated; and my voice was faintly tremulous, in spite of the effort I made to control myself.

"What do you mean by the Meynell Bible ?" "I mean the old family Bible that belonged to my grand-mamma.

It was her father's Bible, you know; and of course he was my great-grandfather--Christian Meynell.