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Title: Modern English Books of Power

Author: George Hamlin Fitch

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[Illustration: CHARLES DICKENS READING "THE CHIMES" AT 58
LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS ON THE SECOND OF DECEMBER, 1844. FROM A
SKETCH BY DANIEL MACLISE, R.A.]

MODERN
ENGLISH BOOKS
OF POWER

BY GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH

"A GOOD BOOK IS THE PRECIOUS
LIFE-BLOOD OF A MASTER SPIRIT, EMBALMED AND TREASURED
UP ON PURPOSE TO A LIFE BEYOND LIFE."
MILTON: AREOPAGITICA

ILLUSTRATED

BARSE & HOPKINS
NEW YORK NEWARK
N.Y. N.J.

_Copyright_, 1912
by BARSE & HOPKINS

The articles in this
book appeared originally in the
Sunday book-page of the San Francisco _Chronicle_.
The privilege of reproducing them
here is due to the courtesy of
M.H. de Young, Esq.

TO AMERIQUE
WHOSE
LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
HELPED ME TO WRITE
THIS BOOK

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION