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For Schools, Clubs, and Families. Revised and enlarged Editions of twenty-three Plays. Carefully expurgated, with Explanatory Notes at the bottom of the page, and Critical Notes at the end of each volume. By H. N. HUDSON, LL.D., Editor of The Harvard Shakespeare. One play in each volume. Square 16mo. Varying in size from 128-253 pages. Mailing Price of each: Cloth, 50 cents; Paper, 35 cents. Intro duction Price: Cloth, 45 cents; Paper, 30 cents. Per set (in box) $12.00. (To Teachers, $10.00.) For list sec next page.
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Richard Third."
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