Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama
Subtitle: a revised American edition of the Reader's handbook
By: by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL. D ; edited by Marion Harland ...
Contributors: Harland, Marion, 1830-1922
Publisher: Selmar Hess
Published: 1892
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Literature; Dictionaries; Allusions; Fiction; Personnages dans la littérature; Dictionnaires anglais; Allusion
Work titles: Reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories
Notes: "[The publishers] ... taking the stanch foundation laid by Dr. Brewer, have caused to be constructed upon it a work that, while retaining all of the original material that can interest and aid the English-speaking student, gives also 'characters and sketches found in American novels, poetry and drama.'"--Pref., Vol. 1, p. iv

Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.

"English and American bibliography": v. 4, p. 285-336.-"Authors and dates of dramas and operas": v. 4, p. 342-384