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LOCKHART'S LIFE OF BURNS. Revised. With New Notes, &c., by J. H.
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BARTH'S CENTRAL AFRICA: Timbuktu and the Niger. With Full-page and other
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CARLYLE'S OLIVER CROMWELL'S LETTERS AND SPEECHES. With Introduction and
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ALTON LOCKE; Tailor and Poet. By CHARLES KINGSLEY. With Critical
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LAVENGRO: The Scholar, The Priest, The Gipsy. By GEORGE BORROW, Author
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THE BIBLE IN SPAIN,

_The Journeys_, _Adventures_, _and Imprisonments of an Englishman_, _in
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BY
GEORGE BORROW,
Author of "Lavengro," "The Gipsies of Spain," etc.

WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY G. T. BETTANY, M.A.,
_AND FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS_.

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