AMERICANISMS
AND BRITICISMS
WITH OTHER ESSAYS
ON OTHER ISMS
BY
BRANDER MATTHEWS
NEW YORK
HARPER AND BROTHERS
MDCCCXCII
Copyright, 1892, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
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All rights reserved.
TO
THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY
YALE UNIVERSITY
My dear Lounsbury,—In reading over the proof-sheetsof these pages, I have happened on your name more oftenthan I thought I had written it, and yet not so often byonce as I wish to write it. So I set it here, in the forefrontof this little book, to bear witness that much of whatmay be good in these essaylets of mine is due to help givenby you, either directly by word of mouth or indirectly bythe printed page. And that is why I take pleasure nowin subscribing myself as
Yours gratefully,
BRANDER MATTHEWS
Columbia College
September, 1892