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BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AND
ERNEST W. LONGFELLOW.

Copyright, 1886,

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CONTENTS

JUDAS MACCABEUS.

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9

11

18

25

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

ACT I. THE CITADEL OF ANTIOCHUS AT JERUSALEM

ACT II. THE DUNGEONS IN THE CITADEL

ACT III. THE BATTLE-FIELD OF BETH-HORON

ACT IV. THE OUTER COURTS OF THE TEMPLE AT

ACT V. THE MOUNTAINS OF ECBATANA

MICHAEL ANGELO: A FRAGMENT.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

DEDICATION

PART FIRST.

I. PROLOGUE AT ISCHIA

MONOLOGUE: THE LAST JUDGMENT