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This book was published by the American firm of Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. It contains the same plays as the first volume of a series published by the British firm of Chatto & Windus. The Second Series (second volume) of the Chatto & Windus set can be seen at [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/59685/59685-h/59685-h.htm]

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ORIGINAL PLAYS

BY

W. S. GILBERT.

New York:
SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, & CO.
1876.