Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note
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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 III NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER MDCCCXCII
Copyright, 1892, by Selmar Hess.
PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE HESS PRESS.