. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. fHARACTER SKETCHESOF ROMANCE, FICTIONAND THE DRAMA : : : ; A REVISED AMERICAN EDITIONOF THE READERS HANDBOOK BY ,, THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, EDITED BYMARION HARLAND,^,/^^^^^6 VOLUME. NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER M D C C C X C I I Copyright, 1892, bySeliiab Hess. PREFACE. An American reprint of The Readefs Handbook of allusions, references,plots and stories, by the Bev. E. Cobham Brewer, , of Trinity Hall, Cam-bridge,^^ has been for several years in the hands of cis-Atlantic students. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. fHARACTER SKETCHESOF ROMANCE, FICTIONAND THE DRAMA : : : ; A REVISED AMERICAN EDITIONOF THE READERS HANDBOOK BY ,, THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, EDITED BYMARION HARLAND,^,/^^^^^6 VOLUME. NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER M D C C C X C I I Copyright, 1892, bySeliiab Hess. PREFACE. An American reprint of The Readefs Handbook of allusions, references,plots and stories, by the Bev. E. Cobham Brewer, , of Trinity Hall, Cam-bridge,^^ has been for several years in the hands of cis-Atlantic students. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the erudition and patient diligencedisplayed in the compilation of this volume of nearly twelve hundred pages. Thebreadth of range contemplated by the learned editor is best indicated in his ownwords: The object of this Handbook is to supply readers and speakers with a lucid,but very brief account of such names as are used in allusions and references,whether by poets or prose writers;—to furnish those who consult it with the plotof popular dramas, the story of epic poems, and the outline of well-known number of dramatic plots sketched out is many hundreds. Another strikingand interesting feature of the book is the revelation of t
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