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Windfalls of Observation. Gathered for the Edification of the Young and the Solace of Others. (12mo, $1.25.)
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French Dramatists of the 19th Century. (New Edition, 8vo, $1.50.)
Contents: Chronology—The Romantic Movement—Hugo—Dumas—Scribe—Augier—Dumas fils—Sardou—Feuillet—Labiche—Meilhac and Halévy—Zola and the Tendencies of French Drama—A Ten Years’ Retrospect: 1881–1891.
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