Front matter

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HARACTER 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 IV

NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER

MDCCCXCII

Copyright, 1892, by

SELMAR HESS.

PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE

HESS PRESS.

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