The remarkable secret revealed in the following pages is not purely
fiction.
The discovery, much in the form that I have here presented it, has
actually been made, and its discoverer, a well-known professor at one of
the Universities in the North of Europe, recently placed the
extraordinary statement in my hands.
In consequence, I consulted a number of the first living authorities on
the subject, who most courteously gave me their opinions and to whom I
owe much assistance, while several other Hebrew scholars, less noted,
evinced the greatest curiosity.
Therefore I trust that the reader himself may find this hitherto
unheard-of statement of facts of equal importance and interest.
William Le Queux.
Devonshire Club, London, 1910.