HISTORIC ODDITIES
AND
STRANGE EVENTS

By the same Author.

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Historic Oddities

AND

STRANGE EVENTS

S. BARING GOULD, M.A.

AUTHOR OF "MEHALAH," "JOHN HERRING," ETC.

FIRST SERIES

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1889

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