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The White Mr. Longfellow (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

The White Mr. Longfellow (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) — English source edition. Subject: American literature -- 19th century -- History and cri...

American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismAuthors, American -- 19th century -- BiographyHowells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Friends and associates
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The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, Surnamed the Prince of Castilian Poets, Translated into English Verse With a Critical and Historical Essay on Spanish Poetry and a Life of the Author

Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536; Wiffen, Jeremiah Holmes, 1792-1836 [Translator]

The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, Surnamed the Prince of Castilian Poets, Translated into English Verse With a Critical and Historical Essay on Spanish P...

Spanish poetry -- History and criticismSpanish poetry -- 16th century -- Translations into English
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The World's Earliest Music Traced to Its Beginnings in Ancient Lands by Collected Evidence of Relics, Records, History, and Musical Instruments from Greece, Etruria, Egypt, China, Through Asyria and Babylonia, to the Primitive Home, the Land of Akkad and Sumer

Smith, Hermann, 1824-1910

The World's Earliest Music Traced to Its Beginnings in Ancient Lands by Collected Evidence of Relics, Records, History, and Musical Instruments from Greece...

Music -- To 500 -- History and criticism
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Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Crosby, Ernest, 1856-1907 [Contributor]; Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 [Contributor]; Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich), 1854-1936 [Translator]; Mayo, Isabella Fyvie, 1843-1914 [Translator]

Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare — English source edition. Subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretationShakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views
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