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POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

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POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

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THE COMPLETE POETICAL AND DRAMATIC WORKS OF BEAUMONT AND
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON. Edited by Sir Egerton Bridgms,
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THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. With the
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON. With a Memoir, portrait and other
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS MOORE. Complete in one volume, royal octavo.
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS: Containing his Poems, Songs,
and Correspondence. With a Life of the Poet, and Notices Critical and Biographical.
By Allan Cunningham. With elegant steel illustrations. In one volume 8vo.

THE WORKS OF BEN JOHNSON. With a Memoir. By William Gifford. In one
volume, 8vo., with portrait.

THE WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER; his Life, Letters, and Poems. (Now completed
by the introduction of his private correspondence.) Edited by Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, A. M.,
F. S. A. In one volume, 8vo., illustrated.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY. With a Memoir, by Rev.
Rufus W. Griswold.
In one volume, 8vo., with portrait and illustrations.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF FELICIA HEMANS. Complete in one volume, 8vo. With
a Memoir, by Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. A new edition, from the last London edition, elegantly
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