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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

John Augustus Stone (1801–1834)

Stone, John Augustus. An American actor and dramatist; born in Concord, MA, in 1801; died in Philadelphia, June 1, 1834. He appeared on the stage in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, and wrote many plays; among them ‘Metamora,’ ‘The Ancient Briton,’ and ‘Fauntleroy’ for Edwin Forrest. He also published ‘The Demoniac,’ ‘Tancred,’ and ‘La Roque.’