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                                LONDON:

                           WARD AND DOWNEY,

                 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.

                                 1887.

                       [_All Rights Reserved._]

                        RICHARD CLAY AND SONS,

                          LONDON AND BUNGAY.




CONTENTS.


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THE ONLY REAL GHOST IN FICTION     1

THE BEST TWO BOOKS                30

LIES OF FABLE AND ALLEGORY        55