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THE CENTURY BOOK OP FACTS. 



Howe, Miss. Clarissa ftarlowe, Richardson. Cla- 

 rissa's friend. 



1 1 udibi as. Hudibras, Butler. Hero of the poem. 



Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Leo. Pickwick Papers, 

 Dickens. Minor characters in the novel. 



Tago. Othello, Shakespeare. The villain of the 

 tragedy. 



Imogen. Cymbeline, Shakespeare. Heroine of the 

 play. 



Isabella. Measure for Measure, Shakespeare. Her- 

 oine of the play. 



Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe, Scott. Hero of the novel. 



Jack, Col. Col. Jack, Defoe. The criminal hero of 

 the tale. 



Jaffier. Venice Preserved, Otway. Hero of the poem. 



Jaques. As You Like It, Shakespeare. The melan- 

 choly philosopher. 



Jarndyce, John. Bleak House, Dickens. A benevo- 

 lent old gentleman. 



Javert. Les Miserables, Hugo. A detective. 



Jessica. Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare. Shy- 

 lock's daughter. 



Jingle, Alfred. Pickwick Papers, Dickens. An 

 amusing adventurer. 



Kilmansegg, Miss. The Golden Legend, Hood. The 

 golden-legged neroine of the poem. 



Kitely. Every Man in His Humor, Jonson. A jeal- 

 ous husband. 



Lady Bountiful. TJie Beaux Stratagem, Far- 

 quhar. A generous lady. 



Laertes. Hamlet, Shakespeare. The son of Polonius, 

 killed by his own sword. 



Lalla I took h. Lalla Rookh, Moore. Heroine of the 

 poem, to whom Feramorz relates the stories told in the 

 romance. 



Languish, Lydia. The Rivals, Sheridan. Heroine 

 of the play. 



Lear, King. King Lear, Shakespeare. Hero of the 

 play. 



Leatherstocking, Natty. Pathfinder, Deerslayer, 

 and other novels, Cooper. A huntsman and Indian 

 tighter. 



Legree. Uncle Tom's Calnn, Stowe. Slave master. 



Leigh, Aurora. Aurora Leigh, Browning. Heroine 

 of the romance. 



l-eila. Gifiow: Byron. Heroine of the poem. 



Lightwood, Mortimer. Our Mutual Friend, Dick- 

 ens. Minor character in novel. 



Lismahago, Capt. Humphrey Clinker, Smollett. A 

 retired officer. 



Little, Henry. Put Yourself in His Place, Reade. 

 Hero of the novel. 



Little Nell. Old Curiosity Shop, Dickens. Heroine 

 of novel. 



Locksley. Iranhoc, Scott. One of Robin Hood's 

 pseudonyms. 



Long Tom Coffin. Pilot, Cooper. A boatman. 



Lot hair. Lothair, Disraeli. Hero of novel, sup- 

 posed pseudonym for the Marquis of Bute. 



Lothario. The Fair Penitent, lioice. A rake. 



Lovelace. Clarissa, Harlowc, Riclia.rdson. A rake. 



1 .11 m pk i n, Tony. She Stoops to Conquer, Gol<lm/i /'///. 

 A country squire. 



Macbeth. Macbeth, Shakespeare. Hero of the play. 



Macduff. Macbeth, Shakespeare. Rival of Macbeth. 



Maclvor, Flora. Rob Roy, Scott. Heroine of novel. 



Mackenzie, Mrs. *Neivcomes, Thackeray. A terma- 

 gant widow. 



Malagrother, Sir Mingo. TJte Fortunes of Nigel, 

 Scott. An ill-natured courtier. 



ilnlaprop. Mrs. The Rivals, Sheridan. A charac- 

 ter famed for verbal blunders. 



Malvolio. Twelfth Night, Shakespeare. Olivia's 

 conceited steward. 



Manfred. Manfred, Byron. Hero of the tragedy. 



Mantalini. Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens. The absurd 

 husband of the milliner in the story. 



Marchioness, The. Old Curiosity Shop, Dii-krmt. 

 Mr. Dick Swiveller's remarkable little nurse. 



Margaret. f-'aiml, (lorthe. The heroine of the 

 tragedy. 



Marlow, Young. She Stoops to Conquer, Goldsmith. 

 Hero of the play. 



Medora. The Corsair, Byron. Heroine of the poem. 



Merdle, Mr. Little Dorrit, Dickens. A speculator. 



Meister, Wilhelm. Wilhelm Meister, Goethe. Hero 

 of the novel. 



Mephistopheles. Faust, Goethe. The Devil. 



Mercutio. Rmnco <nnl .iniii't, Shakespeare. \ won- 

 derfully witty friend of Romeo's. 



Micawber, AVilkiiis. Dnriil <'<>/, /irnhfil, AdV/.-oix. 

 A remarkable character, always waiting for something 

 to turn up. 



Miller, Daisy. l><tixij Milli-r, llinrii .limn,-. \i\ 

 alleged representative American girl. 



Minna. The Pirate, Scott. One of the heroines o| 

 the novel. 



Miranda. The- Tcmpt-st, Shakespeare. Daughter of 

 Prospero, beloved of Ferdinand ; heroine of the play. 



Monimia. The Orphan, Otway. Heroine of "the 

 poem. 



Mouldy. Henry IV., Shakespeare. Oneof FalstatPs 

 recruits. 



Mucklewrath, Habakkuk. Old Mortality, Scolf. 

 A fanatical preacher. 



Neuchatel, Adriana. End't/mion, Dixrarli. A 

 wealthy young lady. 



Newcome, Clive, Colonel, Ethel. The Newcm/u*. 

 Thackeray. Characters in the best novel Thackeray 

 has written. 



Nickleby, Mrs. Nicholas Nicklelnj, Dickens. The 

 exasperating mother of the hero, Nicholas. 



Norna. The Pirate, Scott. An insane soothsayer. 



Nydia. Last Days of Pompeii, Bulwer. A blind 

 flower girl. 



Obadiah. Tristram Shandy, Sterne. A servant. 



Oberon. Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare. 

 The King of Fairyland. 



Ochiltree, Edie. The Antiquary, Scott. A beggar of 

 prominence. 



Oldbuck, Jonathan. The Antiquary, Scott. Hero 

 of the novel. 



Old Mortality. Old Mortality, Scott. A gravestone 

 cleaner. 



Olifaunt, Nigel. The Fortunes of Nigel , Scott. Hero 

 of the novel. 



Ophelia. Hamlet, Shakespeare. Heroine of the 

 tragedy. 



Orville, Lord. Evelina, Miss Burney. Evelina's 

 lover. 



Othello. Othello, Shakespeare. Hero of the play, a 

 Moor, husband of Desdemona. 



O'Trigger, Sir Lucius. The Rivals, Slitridmi. \ 

 lire-eating Irishman. 



Overreach, Sir Giles. A New Way to Pa ;/ old 

 Debts, Massinger. A usurer. 



Page, Anne and Mrs. The Merry WiveS of jn/ 

 Shakespeare. Characters in the play. 



Pamela. Pamela, Richardson. "An intensely good 

 young lady. 



Panerloss. The Heir-at-Law, Colman. A pedantic 

 teacher. 



Pantagruel. Pantagruel, Rabelais. Hero of the 

 sketch. 



Partridge. Tom Jones, Fielding. The hero's trusty 

 follower. 



Pecksniff, Charity, Mercy, Mr. Martin Clur.-.li'- 

 irit, Dickens. Characters in the story. 



Pendennis, Arthur, Helen, Major. l'< ml' 'iiiii.i, 

 Thackeray. Well drawn and forcible characters in tin- 

 novel. 



Perdita. Winter's Tale, Shakespeare. Florizel's 

 sweetheart. 



Petruchio. TJie Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare, 

 The hero, and husband of Kat'herine. 



Pickle, Peregrine. P<-n t/i-im- rii-lch'. Xmnllrtt. The 

 wandering and unmoral hero of the novel. 



Pickwick, Samuel. Picktrii-k Papers, Dickens. Hero 

 of the novel. 



Pierre. Venice Preset-fed, Otiray. A conspirator. 



Pistol, Ancient. Merry Wires of Wi minor and 

 llennj 1 1'., Sli<~ike*i>e<iri'. Falstaff's most characteristic 

 follower. 



Pleydell, Paulus. GUI/ Mannering, Scott. A lawyer. 



Poins, Ned. Henry IV., Shakespeare. A friend of 

 Prince Hal. 



Portia. The Merchant of T< ii ift .Shakespeare. Hero- 

 ine of the play. 



Poundlint, Peter. Old Mortality, Scott. A preacher. 



Primrose, Dr. Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith. The 

 Vicar of Wakefleld. 



Primrose, Moses. Sou of the preceding. 



