

Transcribed from the 1901 Archibald Constable and Co. edition by David
Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org





                            A READING OF LIFE
                             WITH OTHER POEMS


                            BY GEORGE MEREDITH

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                               WESTMINSTER
                       ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO LTD
                           2 WHITEHALL GARDENS
                                   1901

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                             BUTLER & TANNER,
                       THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS,
                            FROME, AND LONDON




CONTENTS

                                                         PAGE
A READING OF LIFE
   THE VITAL CHOICE                                         1
   WITH THE HUNTRESS                                        3
   WITH THE PERSUADER                                       8
   THE TEST OF MANHOOD                                    