MY OLD PLAYGROUND REVISITED; A Tour in Italy in the Spring of 1881. By Benjamin E. Kennedy. 1 vol. crown 8vo. With Illustrations, by the Author. 6s.
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PRINCE CHARLES AND THE SPANISH Marriage: A Chapter of English History, 1617 to 1623; from Unpublished Documents in the Archives of Simancas, Venice, and Brussels. By Samuel Rawson Gardiner. 2 vols. 8vo. 30s.
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MONSIEUR GUIZOT in Private Life (1787–1874). By His Daughter, Madame de Witt. Translated by Mrs. Simpson. 1 vol. demy 8vo. 15s.
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