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CONTENTS
Dictionary: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X,
A List of Common Abbreviations of Words Used in Writing and Printing.: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X,
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C A R L E T O N’S
CONDENSED
CLASSICAL DICTIONARY.
BEING
BRIEF BUT SUCCINCT INFORMATION
CONCERNING
THE PROMINENT NAMES
IN
CLASSICAL HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY,
TOGETHER WITH
THE MOST CONSPICUOUS
INCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
CAREFULLY PREPARED AND EDITED
BY GEORGE W. CARLETON,
AUTHOR OF
“Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Algiers and Spain.”
“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we
can find information upon it.”—Boswell’s Life of Johnson.
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1882, by
G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers.
M A D I S O N S Q U A R E.
MDCCCLXXXII.
C A R L E T O N’S
CONDENSED
C L A S S I C A L D I C T I O N A R Y.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R,