Excerpt from Confessions of a Book-Lover Tom Jones I found in an attic and I was al lowed to read it by a pious aunt, whom I was visit ing, because she mixed it up with Tom Brown of Rugby' but I found it even more tiresome than Eric, or Little by Little, for which I dropped it. I remember, too, that I was rather shocked by some things written in the Old Testament; and I retorted to my aunt's pronouncement that she considered the 'arabian Nights a dangerous book, ' by saying that the Old Testament was the worst book I had ever read; but I supposed people had put something into it when God wasn't look ing. She sent me home. At home, I was permitted to read only the New Testament On winter Sunday afternoons, when there was nothing else to do, I became sincerely attached to the Acts of the Apostles And I came to the conclusion that nobody could tell a short story as well as Our Lord Himself. The Centurion was one of my favourite characters. He seemed to be such a good soldier; and his plea, Lord, I am not worthy, flashes across my mental vision every day of my life. 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.