_Wandering Jew._--I am anxious to learn the authority on which this
celebrated myth rests. I am aware of the passage in John's Gospel (xxi. 21,
22, 23.), but I cannot think that there is no other foundation for such an
extraordinary belief. Perhaps on the continent some legend may exist. My
object in inquiring is to discover whether Eugène Sue's _Wandering Jew_ is
purely a fictitious character, or whether he had any, and, if any, what
authority or tradition on which to found it.