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The spirit of the dramatist has passed completely into the artist’s sense, but the s s done so almost as much Mlustrated by Win A. ABBEY, ; here we see his happies me has been more truly it of the historian h How good is the book! How ‘ably do M unshadowed drawings harmoniz And how excellent e the designs it in themselves of Mr. Abbey's work se lie in the vigor and naturalness of gesture which all his actors display. cover is the best of the year. Nation, N. Y. A gallery of characters both winning and eccentric, all of them exactly in the spirit of the comedy, as if the artist had been steeped in the flavors of the last century. We shall not find many examples of book illustrations more entirely sympathet N.Y. Tribune. A magnificent edition. There is not a sketch or a head or tail piece i book which is not worth examination, hile the full-page drawingsare rem for grace and char: F sly drawn, beautifully printed. 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