Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1, by The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Author: The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Release Date: March 4, 2004 [EBook #11431] [Date last updated: January 22, 2006] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHARACTER SKETCHES, VOL. I *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Bradley Norton and PG Distributed Proofreaders 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 I NEW YORK — SELMAR HESS — PUBLISHER M D C C C X C I I Copyright, 1892, by SELMAR HESS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME I. PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS. Illustration..................Artist ICHABOD CRANE (colored).......E.A. ABBEY CONSTANCE DE BEVERLEY................TOBY ROSENTHAL LADY BOUNTIFUL.......................ROB. W. MACBETH SYDNEY CARTON........................FREDERICK BARNARD BERNHARDT AS CLEOPATRA...............From a Photograph from Life ABBÉ CONSTANTIN...................