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THE KINGDOM OF GEORGIA

NOTES OF TRAVEL IN A LAND OF WOMEN, WINE, AND SONG

TO WHICH ARE APPENDED HISTORICAL, LITERARY, AND POLITICAL SKETCHES, SPECIMENS OF THE NATIONAL MUSIC, AND A COMPENDIOUS BIBLIOGRAPHY

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
Limited
St. Dunstan’s House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
1888
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TO

PROFESSOR JAMES BRYCE, M.P.,

These Notes are Dedicated

(By permission),

WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE AND PROFOUND RESPECT.