Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Excerpt from The Jubilee Year Book of the New-York Observer, 1873: With Portraits of the Founders This last is the same as in the Septuagint version or the Bible. It dates the Creation on the let of the J swish month Tisri, 5508 b.c., or 7381 years ago. There are about a hundred and forty theories respecting the age of the world. Some claiming it to be millions of years old, but without authentic written records. 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.