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Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Prefaces
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Psychology and Social Practice

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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SociologyPsychology
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Reprinted Pieces

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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FictionEssaysShort stories
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Reviews

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Ross, Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918 [Editor]

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Books -- ReviewsTheater -- Reviews
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Robert Falconer

MacDonald, George, 1824-1905

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Scotland -- FictionChristian fiction
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Schools of to-morrow

Dewey, John, 1859-1952; Dewey, Evelyn, 1889-1965

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Education -- United States
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Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Ross, Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918 [Editor]

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EssaysShort stories
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Sesame and Lilies

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Conduct of lifeSocial problemsWomen
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Seven Discourses on Art

Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792; Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 [Editor]

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Art
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