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A. Strange Story 8s ONE so peculiar inits nature; so intensely absorbing in interest; so powerful in its characterizations, as to render it among the most remarkable productions in American fiction, One so full of pathos; so exquisite in its delineation of hearilife ; _ so beautiful in its simplicity and so touching in its tenderness has not fallen from the press for many a year. 7 : ‘THE DEAD LETTER: To the power and drainatic interest of Bulwer’s notable “Strange © Story,” and: the mystery and vital personality of Wilkie Collins’ “Woman in White,” this singular work possesses a subtler ele- ment than either—the elements of a dual tragedy, a dual love, a dual mysteriousness of life and circumstance; all of which are moulded, with an impressive and beautiful style, into a story which few who read ever will forget, - wy connicloooks.comn