A history of Italian literature

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Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: IV.
Edited by Edmund Gosse
Short Histories of the Literatures of the World
EDITED BY EDMUND GOSSE
Large Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. each Volume
ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE By Prof. GILBERT MURRAY, M.A.
FRENCH LITERATURE By Prof. EDWARD DOWDEN, D.C.L., LL.D.