Publisher's Advertising (1872)

This text was printed as a twelve-page addition to the James De Mille novel An American Baron , published 1872. Where available, the Project Gutenberg e-text number is given in brackets. Note that the e-text will probably not be based on the listed edition (Harper & Brothers, before 1872).
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