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Pill-doctor herbal is, as tbc observant reader will instantly perceive, ratber a reverent attempt to tread in tbe footprints of tbc j'cjorwegian dramatist, tban a version of any actually existing masterpiece. Tbc autbor is conscious tbat bis imitation is painfully lacbing in tbc mysterious obscurity of tbe original, tbat tbc vein of alle gorical symbolism is tbinner tbrougbout tban it sbould be, and tbat tbe cbaracters are not nearly so mad as persons invariably are in real life — but tbese are tbe faults inevit able to a 'prentice band, and be trusts tbat due allowances may be made for tbem by tbe critical.
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