61集 a pen-and-ink commentary

Testament /ˈtestəmənt/ 圣约;圣约书

lean type  细长字体

musty [ˈmʌsti]  有霉味的; 发霉的

dilapidation  [dɪˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən]  破损

legitimate /lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/ 合情合理的

commentary /ˈkɒməntri/ 评注

It was a Testament, in lean type, and smelling dreadfully musty:a fly-leaf bore the inscription --`Catherine Earnshaw, her book’, and a datesome quarter of a century back.

 I shut it, and took upanother, and another, till I had examined all. Catherine’s library was select,and its state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used; though notaltogether for a legitimate purpose: scarcely one chapter had escaped apen-and-ink commentary.