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Matthews, James Brander

author, was born Feb. 21, 1852, in New Orleans, La. Among his many writings the more important are, The Theatres of Paris; French Dramatists of the 19th Century; Margery's Lovers, a Comedy; The Last Meeting, a Story; The Secret of the Sea, and Other stories; A Family Tree, and Other Stories; The Story of a Story; Tom Paulding; Studies of the Stage; Americanisms and Briticisms; Vignettes of Manhattan; His Father's Son; Introduction to the Study of American Literature; The Royal Marine; and Tales of Fantasy and Fact.

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