DRAWN BY W. H. BROOKE, F. S. A., ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY G. BAXTER,

PUBLISHED BY WHITTAKER AND CO.

1834.

AND

POPULAR FICTIONS;

THEIR RESEMBLANCE,

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TRANSMISSION FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY,

BY

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AUTHOR OF OUTLINES OF HISTORY,' 'THE CRUSADERS, ETC.

""Fore God, they are both in a tale!"

Much Ado about Nothing.

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ΤΟ

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POET LAUREATE, ETC.

THE POET,

THE HISTORIAN, THE CRITIC,

AND

THE MAN OF UNBLEMISHED LIFE,

THIS VOLUME

IS INSCRIBED.

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