Part of E. Cobham Brewer's revised American Reader's Handbook, this fourth volume is a reference collection of character sketches drawn from romance, fiction, and drama. It offers brief, informative portraits of literary figures and allusions, making it useful for listeners who want context or enjoy revisiting familiar characters.
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Transcriber’s Note: The original volume promised many illustrations. However, the edition used here had none of them. The List of Illustrations is retained; however, the pages indicated, which were struck out and corrected with hand-written notes, were not valid and have been removed. The text was printed with two columns per page, which could not be reproduced in this format. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. The following less-common characters are found in this book: ă (a with breve), ā (a with macron), ĕ (e with breve), ē (e with macron), ĭ (i with breve), ī (i with macron), ŏ (o with breve), ō (o with macron), ŭ (u with breve), ū (u with macron). If they do not display properly, please try changing your font. Corrections are indicated using an underline highlight. Placing the cursor over the correction will produce the original text in a small popup. HARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA:::: A REVISED AMERICAN EDITION
OF THE READER’S HANDBOOK BY THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D. EDITED BY MARION HARLAND VOLUME IV colophon NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER MDCCCXCII Copyright, 1892, by SELMAR HESS. PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE HESS PRESS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME IV. PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS. Illustration Artist KATRINA VAN TASSEL (colored) E. A. AœœŧΏ RICHELIEU (BOOTH AS) ROSALIND AND ORLANDO SHOP (THE) OF FIGARO J. J. AǡĵƿŠĵ THEODORA BŧƿƨĵƽƗƿ CLjƿǪǵĵƿǵ TINY TIM (BOB CRACHIT AND) FǡŧŠŧǡƗŕƫ BĵǡƿĵǡŠ WELLERS (THE TWO) FǡŧŠŧǡƗŕƫ BĵǡƿĵǡŠ WOTAN TAKES LEAVE OF BRUNHILD K. DƗŧƯƗǵΖ WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. ROSINA AND COUNT ALMAVIVA FŧǡŠ. KŧƯƯŧǡ SALLY IN OUR ALLEY E. S. KŧƿƿŧŠΏ SALOME DANCING BEFORE KING HEROD G. RLjŕƒŧƄǡLjǪǪŧ SAMSON AND DELILAH J. Eŕƒŧƿĵ SANCHO AND THE DUCHESS C. R. LŧǪƯƗŧ
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