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Introductory Essays by eminent authorities giving
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Founded by THOS. B. REED

EDITOR

ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE
Professor of English, Columbia University

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BRANDER MATTHEWS, Chairman
Professor of Dramatic Literature, Columbia University

SIR ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN
Formerly Prime Minister of Canada

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
President of Columbia University

JOHN W. DAVIS

Formerly U. S. Ambassador to
England

HENRY CABOT LODGE

Senator from Massachusetts

ELIHU ROOT

Formerly Secretary of State,
Secretary of War, Senator

OSCAR S. STRAUS

Formerly Secretary of Commerce,
Ambassador to Turkey

AUGUSTUS THOMAS

Executive Chairman Producing
Managers' Association

HENRY van DYKE

Professor of English Literature, Princeton University
Formerly U. S. Minister to the Netherlands

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