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Volume III.—Third Edition.
BORROW’S BIBLE IN SPAIN: The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula. By George Borrow, Author of “The Gipsies of Spain.” With a Biographical Introduction by the Editor, and Illustrations.
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Volume IV.—Fourth Edition.
EMERSON’S PROSE WORKS: The complete Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. With a Critical Introduction by the Editor, and Portrait of the Author.
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Volume V.—Fourth Edition.
GALTON’S SOUTH AFRICA: The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa: being an Account of a Visit to Damaraland in 1851. By Francis Galton, F.R.S. With a New Map and Appendix, together with a Biographical Introduction by the Editor, Portrait of Mr. Galton, and Illustrations. Containing also Vacation Tours in 1860 and 1861, by Sir George Grove, Francis Galton, F.R.S., and W. G. Clark, M.A.
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