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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
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VOLUME II
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NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER
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MDCCCXCII
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Copyright, 1892, by SELMAR HESS.
PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE HESS PRESS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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VOLUME II.
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PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS.
Illustration Artist LA CIGALE (colored) E. METZMACHER Frontispiece FATES (THE) PAUL THUMANN 6 GABRIEL AND EVANGELINE FRANK DICKSEE 56 GANYMEDE F. KIRCHBACH 64 HAMLET AND THE GRAVEDIGGER P.A.J. DAGNAN-BOUVERET 140 HAMLET AND HIS FATHER’S GHOST E. VON HOFFTEN 142 HERODIAS BENJAMIN CONSTANT 172 LORELEI (THE) W. KRAY 340
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WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. FALSTAFF AND MRS. FORD. 2 FARIA ENTERS DANTES’S CELL JANET LANGE 4 FATIMA AND ANNA GUSTAVE DORÉ 8 FATINITZA ADRIEN MARIE 10 FATMÉ N. SICHEL 12 FAUNTLEROY (LITTLE LORD) F. M. SPIEGLE 14 FAUST AND MARGARET IN THE GARDEN GABRIEL MAX 16 FITZJAMES AND RODERICK DHU J. B. MCDONALD 22 FITZWALTER (ALURED) AND ROSE HIS WIFE BEAR HOME THE FLITCH OF BACON;—JOHN GILPIN THOMAS STOTHARD 24 FLAVIO AND HILARIA 26 FLORESTAN SAVED BY LEONORA EUGEN KLIMSCH 30 FRANZ, ADELAIDE AND THE BISHOP OF BAMBERG CARL BECKER 46 FRITHIOF AND INGEBORG R. BENDEMANN 50 FRITHIOF AT THE COURT OF KING RING FERD. LEEKE 52 FROU-FROU GEORGES CLAIRIN 54 GAMP (SAIREY) FREDERICK BARNARD 60 GANN (CAROLINE), THE LITTLE SISTER FREDERICK BARNARD 62 GARRICK (DAVID) AS ABEL DRUGGER JOHANN ZOFFANY 66 GAUTHIER (MARGUÉRITE), LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS 68 GAVROCHE E. BAYARD 70 GHENT TO AIX (HOW WE BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM) 78 GILDA AND RIGOLETTO HERMANN KAULBACH 86 GLAUCUS AND NYDIA W. E. LOCKHART 94 GOBBO (LAUNCELOT) 98 GODIVA J. VON LERIUS 100 GRACCHI (THE MOTHER OF THE) SCHOPIN 108 GRASSHOPPER (THE) AND THE ANT J. G. VIBERT 112 GREY (LADY JANE), EXECUTION OF PAUL DELAROCHE 118 GULLIVER CHAINED J. G. VIBERT 130 GUNTHER (KING) B. GUTH 132 HADWIG (FRAU) INTO THE CONVENT, EKKEHARD BRINGING CARL VON BLAAS 134 HAIDÉE 136 HALIFAX (JOHN) SAVING THE BANK J. NASH 138 HARLOWE (CLARISSA) C. LANDSEER 144 HAROLD (EDITH FINDING THE BODY OF) 146 HAROLD (KING) AND THE ELFINS ALBERT TSCHAUTSCH 148 HATTERAICK (DIRK) AND MEG MERRILEES J.B. MCDONALD 150 HEBE CANOVA 154 HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE A. MAIGNAN 156 HEEP (URIAH) FREDERICK BARNARD 158 HELEN (THE ABDUCTION OF) R. VON DEUTSCH 160 HELOISE GLEYRE 163 HENRY THE EIGHTH AND ANNE BOLEYN C. VON PILOTY 164 HERMANN AND DOROTHEA W. VON KAULBACH 166 HERMIONE 168 HERO AND LEANDER FERDINAND KELLER 170 HETTY (DINAH AND) 174 HIPPOLYTUS (DEATH OF) RUBENS 176 HOFER (ANDREAS) AT INNSBRUCK FRANZ VON DEFREGGER 178 HOP-O’-MY-THUMB GUSTAVE DORÉ 182 HORATII (THE OATH OF THE) L. DAVID 184 HYPATIA A. SEIFERT 198 IANTHE 200 ILSE IN THE FARM-STABLE PAUL MEYERHEIM 202 IMMO AND HILDEGARD HERMANN KAULBACH 204 IMOGEN IN THE CAVE T. GRAHAM 206 INGOMAR (PARTHENIA AND) G. H. SWINSTEAD 212 IPHIGENIA EDMUND KANOLDT 214 IRENE AND KLEA E. TESCHENDORFF 216 ISABELLA AND THE POT OF BASIL HOLMAN HUNT 218 ISABELLE OF CROYE AND CHARLES OF BURGUNDY (INTERVIEW BETWEEN) A. ELMORE 220 JINGLE (ALFRED) FREDERICK BARNARD 240 JOAN OF ARC EMMANUEL FRÉMIET 242 JOHN OF LEYDEN FERDINAND KELLE 248 JOURDAIN (MONSIEUR) AND NICOLE C.R. LESLIE 250 JUAN (DON) IN THE BARQUE EUGÈNE DELACROIX 252 KÄGEBEIN AND BODINUS CONRAD BECKMANN 256 LALLA ROOKH A. DE VALENTINE 292 LANCELOT AND ELAINE 294 LANTENAC AT THE STONE PILLAR G. BRION 296 LEAR (KING) AND THE FOOL GUSTAV SCHAUER 310 LECOUVREUR (ADRIENNE) AS CORNELIA ANTOINE COYPEL 312 LEIGH (SIR AMYAS) C. J. STANILAND 314 LEONORA AND FERDINANDO J. B. DUFFAUD 318 LOHENGRIN (ELSA AND) 336 LOUIS XI M. BAFFIER 342 LOUISE, THE GLEE-MAIDEN ROBERT HERDMAN 344