THE LIBRARY

OF

CHOICE LITERATURE

OF

CHOICE LITERATURE

PROSE AND POETRY

SELECTED FROM THE MOST ADMIRED AUTHORS

DITED, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES, BY
AINSWORTH R. SPOFFORD, Librarian of Congress, and
CHARLES GIBBON, Author of "Robin Gray," Etc.

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