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Title: Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 of 8
A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History

Editor: Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Release Date: May 30, 2009 [eBook #28997]

Language: English

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Page 185, the date of the death of Rev. Tennyson is 1831,
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GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN

A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of

THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY

VOL. VII.

[Illustration: The First Meeting of Dante and Beatrice.]

Copyright, 1894, by Selmar Hess

edited by Charles F. Horne

[Illustration: Publisher's arm.]

New-York: Selmar Hess Publisher

Copyright, 1894, by SELMAR HESS.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII.

SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE

ROBERT BROWNING, 191