By JOHN BARTLETT.

"I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the
thread that binds them is mine own."

NINTH EDITION.

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1905.

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Copyright, 1875, 1882, 1891, 1903,
By John Bartlett.

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.

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THIS EDITION
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO
THE MEMORY OF THE LATE ASSISTANT EDITOR,

REZIN A. WIGHT.

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