Epitaphs: An Unique Collection of Post Mortem Comment, Obituary Wit, and Quaint and Gruesome Fancy (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Present day conditions of public feeling, aided by an almost universal censorship conducted by cemetery authorities, has practically ended the manufacture of absurd epitaphs.

In compiling a work Of this kind it is therefore obvious that the major part of its contents are, to say the least, not modern. Also that some Of the collection has previously appeared in previous publications.

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