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                           LIFE

                           AND

                        LITERATURE


                      [Illustration]


                OVER TWO THOUSAND EXTRACTS
             FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN WRITERS,
                      AND CLASSIFIED
                  IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER


                            BY

                  J. PURVER RICHARDSON.


                      COPYRIGHT 1910
                 BY J. PURVER RICHARDSON


                         PRESS OF
                    BROWN-MORRISON CO.
                      LYNCHBURG, VA.




PREFACE


Good sir, or madam, whosoever thou mayest be, to whom this volume shall
come, cast it not aside, but read it. Its quaint, curious, and helpful
selections have been gathered through many years of careful research on
both sides of the Atlantic. They will make thee wiser and better, and
will conduce to the growth of thy mind, and the health of thy body. Let
this book be to thee a magazine of literary food, of which thou shalt
partake, and which thou shalt assimilate and digest to the constant
increase of thy well being.

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