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Life and Times of Wm. L. Garrison 17

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A Year in Eden 13
Bachelor Vicar, The 13
Basque Legends 4
Camilla's Girlhood 13
Chancellor of the Tyrol 13
Ichabod 13
Jephthah's Daughter 13
Lazy Minstrel, The 6
Life of Wm. Bowles 17
Touchstone of Peril 13
Wilbourne Hall 13

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Romances of Chivalry 4

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Anne Gilchrist 7
France and Tongking 24
Modern Hinduism 4

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British Orations 23

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United States Notes 23

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Bible and the Age 7
Dawn of the XIXth Century 10
Legendary Hist. of Cross 3

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Labour, Land and Law 9
True Story of the French Dispute in
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Euphorion 11, 16
Expositions 17
History of Netherlands 25
How to be Happy though Married 10
Literary Landmarks 21
Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat 10
Manners Makyth Man 6
Ole Bull 17
On Tuscan Hills 17
Parousia, The 7
Robinson Crusoe 19
Studies of the Eighteenth Century in
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Studies in Greek Art 25
Summer 16

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Amazon, The 14
Arminius Vambery 24
Bird's Nest, The 7
Comtist Lover, A 6
Gladys Fane 14
Last Stake, The 14
Lazy Minstrel, The 6
Letters from Italy 25
Life and Work in Benares 20
Light in Lands of Darkness 20
Major Frank 14
Making of the Irish Nation 9
Manners Makyth Man 6
Melita 14
Merciful or Merciless 14
My Study 19
Paying the Pastor 19
Poets in the Garden 11
Poison Tree 14
Tales in the Speech House 15
Tarantella 14
Queen of the Arena 15
Unknown God 18

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Arminius Vambery 24
Belcaro 11, 16
Boys' Own Stories 5
Charles Whitehead 21
Henry Irving 13
Heroic Tales 11
In the Time of Roses 5
Medical Missions 20
Modern Missions 20
Old Year Leaves 22
Pilgrim Sorrow 17
Prince Peerless 5
Seven Ages of Man 13
Story of the Nations 8
Temple, The 19
Three Reforms of Parlmnt. 23
Wreckers of Lavernock 26

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Beckside Boggle, The 15
Echetlus 16
Francis 15
Last Meeting 15
Layman's Study of Bible 18
Lost Son, A 15
Reality of Faith 18
Reality of Religion 18
Roman Students 26

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Measured Steps 22

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An Italian Garden 22
Charles Dickens as I Knew Him 10
Christ of History 19
Dick's Holidays 30
Fairy Tales from Brentano 12
Footprints 28
Gudrun 28
Hope's Gospel 22
House by the Works 26
How to be Happy though Married 10
Industrial Curiosities 28
I've been Gypsying 19
"Lives Worth Living" Series 27
Minor Poet, A 22
Orpheus 22
Ottilie 16
Prince of the 100 Soups 16
Plant Life 27
Settling Day 26
Shelley Birthday Book 20
Time and Times 22
Treasure Book 20
Verses of Varied Life 22
When I was a Child 12

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American Dishes 28
Army Examination Series 29
Beauties and Frights 26
Illustrated Poetry Book 28
Margaret the Moonbeam 26
Off Duty 26
Saint Hildred 6
Southwood 12
Tales of the Caliph 5
Way to Fortune 27

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Dr. Johnson 21
Dr. Martin Luther 21
John Wiclif 21

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