THE HERO

BY

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM

author of
"liza of lambeth," "the making of a saint," "orientations"

London . . . . .
HUTCHINSON & CO.
Paternoster Row. 1901

"Rule, Britannia!
Britannia, rule the waves;
Britons never will be slaves."
"Alfred": a Masque. By James Thomson.

"O Sophonisba, Sophonisba, O!"
"Sophonisba": a Tragedy. By the same Author.

To
MISS JULIA MAUGHAM

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