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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE AUTHORS, SELECTIONS FROM THEIR
WORKS, WITH NOTES, EXPLANATORY, ILLUSTRATIVE, AND
DIRECTING TO THE BEST EDITIONS AND TO

VARIOUS CRITICISMS.

DESIGNED AS A TEXT-BOOK FOR THE HIGHEST CLASSES IN SCHOOLS AND FOR JUNIOR CLASSES IN

COLLEGES, AS WELL AS FOR PRIVATE READING.

BY

CHARLES D. CLEVELAND.

STEREOTYPE EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:
E. C. & J. BIDDLE & CO., No. 508 MINOR ST.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1618. by

CHARLES D. CLEVELAND,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvana.

CLEVELAND'S SERIES OF COMPENDIUMS OF ENGLISH

AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

CONSISTS OF
COMPENDIUM OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. 762 pp., large 12mo.

Comprising English authors from the 14th to the 18th century inclusive ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 778 pp., large 12010.

Comprising living English authors, and those who have died in the

19th century. COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.

Comprising American authors from the earliest periard of American

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