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Excerpt from Red Letter Days in Old England and New England <p>Willie ran to the library-table, and turning over the big Dictionary read, Red-letter: red lettered; fortunate; auspicious; as, 'a Red letter Day.' 'in the Old calendars the saints' days were marked with red letters. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.