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  THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

  A LOVE STORY.




  [Illustration]




  [Illustration: THE BATTLE OF LIFE
  A LOVE STORY]




  THE
  BATTLE OF LIFE.
  A Love Story.

  BY
  CHARLES DICKENS.

  London:
  BRADBURY & EVANS, WHITEFRIARS.
  MDCCCXLVI.




  LONDON:
  BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.




  THIS
  Christmas Book
  IS CORDIALLY INSCRIBED TO MY ENGLISH FRIENDS
  IN SWITZERLAND




ILLUSTRATIONS.


    _Title._                 _Artist._           _Engraver._

  FRONTISPIECE             D. MACLISE, R.A.    _Thompson._

  TITLE                    D. MACLISE, R.A.    _Thompson._

  PART THE FIRST           R. DOYLE.           _Dalziel._

  WAR                      C. STANFIELD, R.A.  _Williams._

  PEACE                    C. STANFIELD, R.A.  _Williams._

  THE PARTING BREAKFAST    J. LEECH.           _Dalziel._

  PART THE SECOND          R. DOYLE.           _Green._

  SNITCHEY AND CRAGGS      J. LEECH.           _Dalziel._

  THE SECRET INTERVIEW     D. MACLISE, R.A.    _Williams._

  THE NIGHT OF THE RETURN  J. LEECH.           _Dalziel._

  PART THE THIRD           R. DOYLE.           _Dalziel._

  THE NUTMEG GRATER        C. STANFIELD,