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.