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I I. LIFE and WORKS of GRAY. By the late THOMAS GISBORNE, Esq., of Yozall Lodge, Staffordshire.
U. HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS—SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY,
111. MISSIONS in POLYNESIA. CONTENTS :
111. ANCIENT AGRICULTURAL LITERMRE.
IV. M. GUIZOT.
V. RELIGION of the CHINESE REBELS. . I. CATTLE AND SHEEP.
VI. CASTREN'S TRAVELS among the LAPPS. IL AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE. IV. HIGH FARMING.
VII. MEMOIRS of KING
VIII. TURKEY and RUSSIA JOSEPH..
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