THE GREAT MANUSCRIPT 



"But chief, ambiguous man, he that can know 

 More misery, and dream more joy than all." 



Shelley. 



TN reviewing the works of any human 

 * author, one generally finds some one 

 volume of superlative merit, the masterpiece 

 of the edition. And notwithstanding that the 

 manuscripts of God, in heaven and in earth, 

 make an edition whose bare enumeration 

 paralyzes thought, the world is unanimous 

 in its vote on the greatest of all these works. 

 Published in two wonderful volumes, known 

 as man and woman, this masterpiece admits 

 of no hard-and-fast classification as history, 

 romance, or poetry, but it contains much of 

 each, like the great bibles of the human race. 

 Although the name of the author and 

 publisher is not openly declared on the manu- 



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