Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 / A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 / A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Essays Book language: English 642 pages Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 is a reference work by E. Cobham Brewer, revised and edited by Marion Harland. It gathers short entries on characters and allusions from literature, drama, and romance. It is useful for discovering the stories behind familiar literary names.
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EDITED BY MARION HARLAND
VOLUME I
NEW YORK — SELMAR HESS — PUBLISHER
M D C C C X C I I
Copyright, 1892, by SELMAR HESS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME I.
PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS.
Illustration..................Artist
ICHABOD CRANE (colored).......E.A. ABBEY
CONSTANCE DE BEVERLEY................TOBY ROSENTHAL
LADY BOUNTIFUL.......................ROB. W. MACBETH
SYDNEY CARTON........................FREDERICK BARNARD
BERNHARDT AS CLEOPATRA...............From a Photograph from Life
ABBÉ CONSTANTIN......................MADELEINE LEMAIRE
CAPTAIN CUTTLE.......................FREDERICK BARNARD
THE TRUSTY ECKART....................JULIUS ADAM
ELAINE...............................TOBY ROSENTHAL
WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES.
ABELARD..............................A. GUILLEMINOT
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