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Spenser's Complete Works. Edited from the Original Editions and Manuscripts, by R. Morris, with a Memoir by J. W. Hales, M.A. With Glossary. pp. lv. 736.
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Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works. Edited, with a Biographical and Critical Memoir, by Francis Turner Palgrave, and copious Notes, pp. xliii., 559.
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Complete Works of Robert Burns. Edited from the best Printed and Manuscript authorities, with Glossarial Index, Notes, and a Biographical Memoir by Alexander Smith, pp. lxii., 636.
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Robinson Crusoe. Edited after the Original Editions, with a Biographical Introduction by Henry Kingsley. pp. xxxi., 607.
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