Excerpt from Franciscan Days: Being Selections for Every Day in the Year From Ancient Franciscan WritingsSpeculum Perfectz'om's (mirror of Perfection), which was first published as an independent work by M. Paul Sabatier in 1898, there are two English translations - one by Dr. Sebastian Evans (d. Nutt), the other by Mr. R. Steele (dent and Co.z Temple Classics). Translations of the Legenda trium Sociomm (legend of S. Francis by the Three Companions), of the Sacmm Commercium, of the Fioretti, and of the Life by S. Bonaventura, have also appeared in the Temple Classics, and a translation of the Fioretti is also published in Methuen's Standard Library.' The compiler of the present work is preparing a translation of the Lives of S. Francis by Thomas of Celano, from which a large number of the extracts in this volume are taken.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.