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already ; besides, no one ever used it but my- 

 self. Whether the ghost of the late Mr. Frost 

 has been so eminently unchristian as to inter- 

 fere, or whether the authorities have removed 

 the book in ignorance of the steady demand 

 which there has been for it on the part of at 

 least one reader, are points I cannot determine. 

 All I know is that the book is gone, and I feel 

 as Wordsworth is generally supposed to have 

 felt when he became aware that Lucy was in 

 her grave, and exclaimed so emphatically that 

 this would make a considerable difference to 

 him, or words to that effect. 



Now I think of it, Frost's "Lives of 

 Eminent Christians" was very like Lucy. 

 The one resided at Dovedale in Derbyshire, 

 the other in Great Russell Street, Blooms- 

 bury. I admit that I do not see the resem- 

 blance here at this moment, but if I try to 

 develop my perception I shall doubtless ere 

 long find a marvellously striking one. In 

 other respects, however, than mere local 

 habitat the likeness is obvious. Lucy was 

 not particularly attractive either inside or out 

 no more was Frost's "Lives of Eminent 



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