Clara Jerrold. London: Brentano's Price, 185. and Mrs. Jerrold and their publisher have done sone injustice this book by presenting it as a piece of bookmaking when in fact it is the result of considerable, if not very richly rewarded, research. The title arouses suspicion, and when we read on a fy-teat that its authors have also. produced "The Fair, Ladies of Hampton Court" and "Hfenry VIII. and' His Wives," we must needs anticipate the worst, Actually Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold have gone to the sources, instead of only to. previous popular works or articles, and are quite capable of holding' an argument about Aphra Behn with such an expert as Mr.
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