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BLACKWOOD'S
EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

No. CCCXCIV. AUGUST, 1848. Vol. LXIV.

CONTENTS.

Life in the "Far West." Part III.[129]
Art—its Prospects. Cleghorn's Ancient and Modern Art[145]
Kaffirland.[158]
The Caxtons. Part V.[171]
Modern Tourism.[185]
Eighteen Hundred and Twelve.[190]
The Blue Dragoon.[207]
Laurels and Laureates.[220]
The Horse-dealer.[232]
Sketches in Paris.[248]

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