VICTOR HUGO HIS LIFE AND WORK BY G. BARNETT SMITH,

AUTHOR OF 'SHELLEY: A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY,' 'POETS AND NOVELISTS,' ETC.

WITH A PORTRAIT OF VICTOR HUGO.

LONDON: WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1885.

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I INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME

TO

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE,

REJOICING THUS TO CONNECT

THE

GREAT BARD AND PROPHET OF FRANCE

WITH THE ENGLISH

SINGER OF A YOUNGER DAY,

WHO HAS DRUNK DEEPLY

OF

THE MASTER'S SPIRIT.

G. B. S.