Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

Character Sketches of Romance,
Fiction and
by E. Cobham
Brewer

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Title: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A
Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3
Author: E. Cobham Brewer
Release Date: March 20, 2007 [EBook #20851]
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A number of typographical errors and inconsistencies have been
maintained in this version of this book. Typographical errors have been
marked with a [TN-#], which refers to a description in the complete list
found at the end of the text. A list of words that have been
inconsistently spelled or hyphenated is found at the end of the present
text.
The illustrations listed in the illustration list were missing from the
book used as the source for this text.
Text printed in Greek characters in the original text has been
transliterated and surrounded with ~.
The OE and oe ligatures used in the original book have been expanded
in this version. The following codes are used for characters that are not
present in the character set used for this version of the book.
[)a] a with breve [=a] a with macron [)e] e with breve [=e] e with
macron [)i] i with breve [=i] i with macron [)o] o with breve [=o] o
with macron [)u] u with breve [=u] u with macron [asterism] triangle of
3 asterisks, two at the top, one at the bottom [1] upside down 1 [6]
upside down 6 [b] musical flat symbol [#] musical sharp symbol

CHARACTER 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 III
[Colophon]
NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER
MDCCCXCII

Copyright, 1892, by SELMAR HESS.
PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE HESS PRESS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME III.
PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS.
Illustration Artist
DEATH OF MINNEHAHA (colored) W. L. DODGE MADAME
CHRYSANTHÈME MEPHISTOPHELES AND FAUST A.
JACOMIN MILLER (THE), HIS SON AND THE ASS EUGÈNE
LEJEUNE NEWCOME (COLONEL) FREDERICK BARNARD
OPHELIA MADELEINE LEMAIRE ORPHEUS G. MOREAU
PECKSNIFF (MR.) FREDERICK BARNARD PENDENNIS (MAJOR)
FREDERICK BARNARD
WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES.
MACARTHY (LAWRENCE) AND HIS SISTER ELLEN SCANLAN
MACHEATH WITH LUCY AND POLLY STUART NEWTON
MAIDEN (THE) AND LOVER BENCZUR-GYULA MANFRED
AND ASTARTE K. LISKA MANON LESCAUT (THE BURIAL OF)
P. A. J. DAGNAN-BOUVERET MANRICO AND LEONORA FERD.
KELLER MANUEL (DON) DISCOVERS BEATRICE C. JAEGER

MARGARET BEFORE THE MATER DOLOROSA MARIE
ANTOINETTE ON HER WAY TO THE GUILLOTINE F. FLAMING
MARIE MICHON (THE ADVENTURE OF) G. BOULANGER
MARY (HIGHLAND) B. E. SPENCE MASANIELLO EDOUARD
HAMMAN MASCARILLE (COQUELIN AS) MATHIAS (THE
MESMERIST AND) ADRIEN MARIE MATTHEW (FATHER) AND
SIR ROLFE W. B. DAVIS MAUPRAT (BERNARD) AND JEAN
MAUPRAT MAZEPPA A. WAGNER MEDEA N. SICHEL
MERMAIDENS (THE) ARNOLD BÖCKLIN METAMORA
(FORREST AS) MICAWBER (MR. WILKINS) FREDERICK
BARNARD MIGNON G. HOM MIRANDA AND FERDINAND R. E.
PINE M'LISS EDWARD LONG MOOR (FRANZ) FR. PECHT
MORLAND (CATHARINE) R. W. BUSS MOSES (PREPARING)
FOR THE FAIR D. MACLISE MOYA (THE POET PEDRO DE)
AND THE PLAYERS D. MACLISE MULLER (MAUD) NIOBE
WITH HER CHILDREN SOLOMON J. SOLOMON NORMA AND
POLLIONE ALBERT BAUER OLDBUCK (MR.) AND JENNY ROB.
HERDMAN OLIVIA OLIVIA (THE RETURN OF) G. S. NEWTON
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE L. THIERSCH OTTILIA AND THE
CHILD OTTOCAR (PRINCE) AND MAX EUGEN KLIMSCH
PALISSY THE POTTER MRS. E. M. WARD PANGLOSS
(JEFFERSON AS DOCTOR) PEGGY (MISS) AND HER FRIENDS
DUDLEY HARDY PENELOPE R. VON DEUTSCH PENSEROSO
(IL) J. C. HORSLEY PENTHESILEA, QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS
PERI AT HEAVEN'S GATE (THE) FR. HEYSER PHARAOH AND
THE BEARERS OF EVIL TIDINGS LECOMTE-DU-NOUY
PHEDRA AND HIPPOLYTUS PIERRE GUÉRIN PHOEBUS DE
CHATEAUPERS G. BRION PICCIOLA (CHARNEY EXAMINING)
BARRIAS PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (THE) H. KAULBACH
PIZARRO BEFORE CHARLES V. PORTIA AND THE CASKETS
ALEX. CABANEL PORTIA AT THE GRAVE OF THE MESSIAH H.
FÜGER POSA (DON CARLOS, THE KING AND THE MARQUIS
OF) FERDINAND RITTER PRISCILLA DAVIDSON KNOWLES
PROMETHEUS AND THE OCEAN NYMPHS EDUARD MÜLLER
PRYNNE (HESTER) H. G. BOUGHTON PSYCHE (CUPID AND)
PAUL BAUDRY PSYCHE AND CHARON A. ZICK PUCK AND
THE FAIRIES ARTHUR HUGHES PUSS-IN-BOOTS GUSTAVE

DORÉ PYGMALION AND GALATEA JEAN RAOUX QUIXOTE
(DON) IN HIS STUDY GUSTAVE DORÉ REBECCA (THE
ABDUCTION OF) LÉON COGNIET RED RIDINGHOOD (LITTLE)
EUGÈNE LEJEUNE REINIKE FOX BEFORE KING LION W. VON
KAULBACH REINIKE FOX TO BE HUNG