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                             HELIOGABALUS




OF THIS BOOK TWO THOUSAND COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED FROM TYPE AND THE
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                             HELIOGABALUS

                     _A BUFFOONERY IN THREE ACTS_

                       _by_ H. L. MENCKEN _and_
                          GEORGE JEAN NATHAN

  [Illustration]

    _NEW YORK_     ALFRED · A · KNOPF     _MCMXX_




                          COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY

                          H. L. MENCKEN _and_
                          GEORGE JEAN NATHAN

    All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
                languages, including the Scandinavian.


In its present form this play is dedicated to the reading public only,
and no performances of it may be given without the 