Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D

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]
Language: English
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Transcriber's Note:
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 CHRYSANTH��ME MEPHISTOPHELES AND FAUST A. JACOMIN MILLER (THE), HIS SON AND THE ASS EUG��NE 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 B?CKLIN 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 GU��RIN 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. F��GER POSA (DON CARLOS, THE KING AND THE MARQUIS OF) FERDINAND RITTER PRISCILLA DAVIDSON KNOWLES PROMETHEUS AND THE OCEAN NYMPHS EDUARD M��LLER 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 DOR�� PYGMALION AND GALATEA JEAN RAOUX QUIXOTE (DON) IN HIS STUDY GUSTAVE DOR�� REBECCA (THE ABDUCTION OF) L��ON COGNIET RED RIDINGHOOD (LITTLE) EUG��NE LEJEUNE REINIKE FOX BEFORE KING LION W. VON KAULBACH REINIKE FOX TO BE HUNG W. VON KAULBACH RHODOPE, THE EGYPTIAN PRINCESS FERD. KELLER RICHLAND (MISS) VISITS MR. HONEYWOOD W.?P. FRITH ROB ROY PARTING RASHLEIGH AND FRANCIS OSBALDISTONE J.?B. MCDONALD ROBSART (AMY) ROLAND (MADAME) ALBERT LYNCH ROLAND AT THE BATTLE OF RONCESVALLES LOUIS GUESNET ROMEO AND JULIET IN FRIAR LAWRENCE'S
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