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[Illustration: CHARLES DICKENS READING "THE CHIMES" AT 58
LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS ON THE SECOND OF DECEMBER, 1844. FROM A
SKETCH BY DANIEL MACLISE, R.A.]
MODERN
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BY GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH
"A GOOD BOOK IS THE PRECIOUS
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