The Temple Anecdotes, by R. and C. Temple (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1865 Excerpt: ... such as may be supposed to haunt the dreams of castaways, full of the associations of the place. Fortunately for them, three days later the "Anteus " hove in sight off the island, and the boat's crew were once more enabled to resume their voyage with no worse result from their adventure than a reprimand from the captain for their rashness and disobedience to his orders. THE ADVENTURES OF DR. WOLFF. No writer of fiction probably ever conceived for his hero a life more romantic than that of Dr. Wolff, whose name is chiefly known in connection with his mission to Affghanistan, to discover the fate of the unfortunate English envoys, Stoddart and Conolly. Dr. Wolff was the eldest son of a Jewish rabbi of Weilersbach, in Bavaria. When a boy, a barber-surgeon, learned in theology, with whom he held conversations on the subject of Christianity, determined him to abandon Judaism at the first opportunity. Turned out of doors at last by his friends for his desire to become a Christian, he wandered to nearly every city in Southern Germany, supporting himself by teaching Hebrew. At seventeen he was baptized into the communion of the Roman Catholic Church at Prague, but soon afterwards adopted Protestantism. His travels had already been considerable. He had walked from Tubingia to Rome, where he had an interview with the Pope, and had visited various other parts of Europe. Coming to England in 1819, an enthusiastic friend, Mr. Henry Drummond, furnished him with funds for undertaking a mission to the East. From this time he began those extraordinary travels which he has related with much eccentric enthusiasm in various narratives. He regarded himself as destined to preach the gospel to Jews in all parts of the world, to dispute with them on questions of theology, and to d...