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Show p austus in the Scilly Isles. 1, OLKS who find it tiresome to read a book more than once will scarcely credit the story tudt in told of one of the Scilly Isles. ' The entire library of this little island consisted,-n century or more ago. of a single copTof the "History of Doctor Faustus." Inasmuch as most of the inhabitants vv;re able to read, provided words were not too dilhciflt, (he nonjuror's story had been handed fromr house to house-untII from perpetual thumbing very little of his enchantments or his catastrophe was left legible. When this alarming, state of things became be-came eidcnt a meeting of the principal inhabitants was called to. discuKS what could be 'done to remedy If, for the people peo-ple must have something to rend. A proposal was made and carried that 115 soon as the season permitted any intercourse in-tercourse with Cornwall a supply of books should be ordered.DL'he question arose what these books should be, but at last it was settled amicably that an order should he transmitted to Peuzance for nnothcr copy of the "History of Doctor Faustus," and then the meeting joyously broke up. |