Excerpt from The English Illustrated Magazine, Vol. 28: October, 1902, to March, 1903 It is a very pretty and romantic story, whatever historical criticism may have to say about it. Beckford, in repeating the version of the legend most in favour in his day tells as that these dis interested birds, after seeing the body decently interred [after martyrdom] pursued the murderers with dreadful screams and tore their eyes out. He further alludes to the current belief at that time in the extraordinary penetra tion of these same birds in the detection of criminals, and makes mention of certain tablets in the Cathedral whereon were depicted some of their most famous achievements in this particular line. 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.