1909. This slim volume begins: How deep into the great Past the roots of the wondrous story go, and what preparation it had in the instincts and chivalries of men-How a long-ago kindly deed grew and ripened with the years, and how it contributed to the world's Great Surprise-How such kingly forces of men as Friendship, Love and Hope were preserved and beautified through the lapse of time, and were caught up at length into God's own Fine Romance.