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THE WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH: An entirely New Edition, edited and annotated by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A., Author of the "Handbook of London—Past and Present."
This Edition is printed from the last Editions revised by the Author, and not only contains more pieces than any other, but it is also the first in which the works appear together exactly as their author left them.
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