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Essays in Literature and History

Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894; Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 [Commentator]

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Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta

Devereux, W. Cope (William Cope), 1837-1903

Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta — English source edition....

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History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete

Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805; Eastwick, Edward Backhouse, 1814-1883 [Translator]; Morrison, A. J. W. (Alexander James William), 1806-1865 [Translator]

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International Short Stories: French

Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1867-1937 [Compiler]; Aicard, Jean, 1848-1921 [Contributor]; Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 [Contributor]; Bazin, René, 1853-1932 [Contributor]; Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935 [Contributor]; Chenevière, Adolphe, 1855-1917 [Contributor]; Coppée, François, 1842-1908 [Contributor]; Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897 [Contributor]; Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 [Contributor]; Erckmann-Chatrian [Contributor]; Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908 [Contributor]; Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 [Contributor]; Kock, Paul de, 1793-1871 [Contributor]; Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747 [Contributor]; Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 [Contributor]; Mendès, Catulle, 1841-1909 [Contributor]; Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870 [Contributor]; Murger, Henri, 1822-1861 [Contributor]; Musset, Alfred de, 1810-1857 [Contributor]; Prévost, Marcel, 1862-1941 [Contributor]; Robert, Clémence, 1797-1872 [Contributor]; Vidocq, Eugène François, 1775-1857 [Contributor]; Voltaire, 1694-1778 [Contributor]; Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 [Contributor]

International Short Stories: French — English source edition. Subject: Short stories, French -- Translations into English.

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Nine Short Essays

Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

Nine Short Essays — English source edition. Subject: Essays.

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Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories

Hay, John, 1838-1905 [Contributor]; De Forest, John William, 1826-1906 [Contributor]; Field, Margret [Contributor]; Guernsey, Clara F. (Clara Florida), 1836-1893 [Contributor]; Hadermann, J. R. [Contributor]; Hickox, Chauncey [Contributor]; Hooper, Lucy Hamilton, 1835-1893 [Contributor]; Hosmer, Margaret, 1830-1897 [Contributor]; Minor, R. D. [Contributor]; Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 [Contributor]

Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories — English source edition. Subject: Short stories, American.

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