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Excerpt from The Library of Choice Literature, Vol. 1 of 8: Prose and Poetry Selected From the Most Admired Authors The most largely circulated anthologies are made up of poetical selections mainly; in this, poetry holds a subordinate place to prose. While a just proportion of space has been given to writers on graver themes, the body of the work is made up of Masterpieces, chosen from the most fresh, vigorous and entertaining produc tions of the most noted authors, living and dead, of Europe and America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.