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BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM.

BY

WILLIAM HENRY THORNE.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

Copyright, 1886, by WILLIAM HENRY THORNE.

LIPPINCOT

STEREOTYPERSANDPRINTERS

COMPA

TO MY FRIEND

DR. JAMES E. GARRETSON,

WHOSE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE BEEN SOURCES OF INSPIRATION IN MANY TRYING HOURS OF MY LIFE,

THIS BOOK

IS HEARTILY DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR.