Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 3 / A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook - Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Transcriber’s Note

A number of typographical errors have been maintained in the current version of this book. They are marked and the corrected text is shown in the popup. A [list] of these errors is found at the end of this book.

The following less-common characters are found in this book: ă (a with breve), ā (a with macron), ĕ (e with breve), ē (e with macron), ĭ (i with breve), ī (i with macron), ŏ (o with breve), ō (o with macron), ŭ (u with breve), ū (u with macron), ♭ (musical flat symbol), ♯ (musical sharp symbol). If they do not display properly, please try changing your font.

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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