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CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA

A REVISED AMERICAN EDITION OF THE READER'S HANDBOOK

BY

THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.

EDITED BY MARION HARLAND

VOLUME I



NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER
M D C C C X C I I


Copyright, 1892, by
SELMAR HESS



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


VOLUME I.