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Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature

Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848; Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 [Editor]

Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature — English source edition. Subject: English literature -- History and cr...

English literature -- History and criticismAuthors, English -- BiographyGreat Britain -- Intellectual life
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham, 1810-1897; Harland, Marion, 1830-1922 [Editor]

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook — English source edition. Subject: Literat...

Literature -- DictionariesAllusionsFiction -- Dictionaries
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 3 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham, 1810-1897; Harland, Marion, 1830-1922 [Editor]

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 3 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook — English source edition. Subject: Literat...

Literature -- DictionariesAllusionsFiction -- Dictionaries
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Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together with Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.

Bill, Ledyard, 1836-1907

Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together with Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourist...

Minnesota -- Description and travelHealth resorts -- Minnesota
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My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young

Cox, James, 1851-1901

My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and...

Indians of North AmericaUnited States -- Description and travelUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918
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The English Spy: An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life

Westmacott, C. M. (Charles Molloy), 1788?-1868; Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856 [Illustrator]

The English Spy: An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn F...

Satire, EnglishEngland -- Social life and customsUniversity of Oxford -- Anecdotes
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The Story of the Philippines Natural Riches, Industrial Resources, Statistics of Productions, Commerce and Population; The Laws, Habits, Customs, Scenery and Conditions of the Cuba of the East Indies and the Thousand Islands of the Archipelagoes of India and Hawaii, With Episodes of Their Early History; The Eldorado of the Orient; Personal Character Sketches of and Interviews with Admiral Dewey, General Merritt, General Aguinaldo and the Archbishop of Manila; History and Romance, Tragedies and Traditions of our Pacific Possessions; Events of the War in the West with Spain, and the Conquest of Cuba and Porto Rico

Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908

The Story of the Philippines Natural Riches, Industrial Resources, Statistics of Productions, Commerce and Population; The Laws, Habits, Customs, Scenery a...

Philippines -- Description and travelSpanish-American War, 1898Philippines -- History -- Revolution, 1896-1898
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