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

James Albery (1838–1889)

Albery, James. An English dramatist; born in 1838; died on Aug. 16, 1889. He studied architecture, but entered upon a commercial career. He early devoted himself to play-writing, but it was not until 1870 that he achieved success with ‘The Two Roses.’ Among his other comedies are: ‘Pink Dominoes’; ‘The Denhams’; and ‘Featherbrain.’