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Six Famous Statesmen
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4. O’Connell. By J. A. Hamilton.
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6. Sir Robert Peel. By F. C. Montague.
By Washington Irving
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Life of Mahomet; paper, 20c; cloth, 40c.
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Jerrold, Johnson, and Jonson
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Great Kingdoms of the World
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Lamartine and Lamb
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A Popular Medical Cyclopedia
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A Library of Universal History
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