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THE READER'S HANDBOOK

OF ALLUSIONS, REFERENCES, PLOTS, AND STORIES. By the Rev. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D. [In the press. ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS.-Authors and Dates of Dramas, Operas, and Oratorios-Curiosities connected with Dates, Dynasties, Names, and Letters-Dates of Poems, Novels, Tales-Dying Words of Historic Characters-Errors of References and Illustrations-Anachronisms-Historical, Legendary, Dramatic, and other Parallels-Lists of Bogie Names, of noted Diamonds and Nuggets, Dwarfs and Giants, Fools and Festers, Favourites of Great Men, Improvisators, Kings with Character Names, Knights, Literary Impostors, of Lives exceeding 100 years, of Medical Quacks, of the Oaths of Great Men, Relics, Revolutionary Songs, Ring Posies, the Sagas, &c.-Names and Characters of Dramas, Novels, Tales, Romances, Epic Poems, &c.-Characteristics of Noted Artists-Plots of Plays, the Stories of Epic Poems, Ballads, and other Tales-Pseudonyms, Eponyms, Nicknames, titular Surnames, names of Similitude-Saints who are Patrons of Diseases, Places, and Trades-Sovereigns of England: their titles and superscriptions, the Days of their Death-Stimulants used by Public Actors and Orators-Striking lines of noted Authors, and Sayings of Great Men-Superstitions and Traditions about Animals; &c. &c.

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Blackburn's Art Handbooks:
Academy Notes, 1875. With 40 Illustrations.
Academy Notes, 1876. With 107 Illustrations.
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Academy Notes, 1878. With 150 Illustrations.
Academy Notes, 1879. With 146 Illustrations.
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The English Pictures at the National Gallery. With 114

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