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.—THIRD 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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VOLUME VI.—THIRD EDITION.
THE BETROTHED LOVERS (I Promessi Sposi). By Alessandro Manzoni. With a Biographical Introduction by the Editor, and Portrait of the Author.
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VOLUME VII.—THIRD EDITION.