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Waldstein, or the Swedes In Prague, a nov
eli by Mad,me Pitcher.
Memoirs Of Cosn. Laallette, written by
himself.
Six Months in Amerla, by Godfrey II.
Vigne.
.<iosierheim, or the Msque novel, by
the English Opium Eater.
The Hill and the Valley tale by Harriet
Aiartineau.
Travels in Peru, by Edmund Temple.
lafayette and Louis Philippe, by B. Sar-
rams.
The Gentle Recruit, tde, by the author
o. the Subaltern.
Saratoga, by the same.
4 Family Sour in South Holland, by Col,
batty.
Lives and Exploits Of B,nditti and Robbers
hy G. MacIarlane.
he Italian l&iie In England, by Count
iecchio.
Memoirs of thu Duchess of ST. Leu 1or
tense.
journal of a Nobleman at the Congress oil
| Vienna,
Letters from he Earl of Chatham 10 his
Nephew.
Editorial Nolicts, Poetry, Anecdotes, &c.
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VOL. Ii.
Aacousta, or The Prophecy, tale of De-
trelt and MiEhillimackinac, by the au-
| thor If Ecare
lars. Lushington,s Journey from India to
| England.
I,ambies of Naturalist, by DR.. Goldman
Life Of DIR. John Leyden, by Sir Waiter
Scott.
Wai.ham, novel, being Vol OF the Libra
ry OF Romance.
memoirs af DR. Burney, by Madame D'Ar-
y,.author OF Evelina, Cecilia, &c.
he Black Velvet Bag, and Nlademoiseile
Therese, by Miss Milford.
hiliott's Letters from The North of Europe.
Memoir OF Siivio Peliico.
adarne Dard's Narrative of the Shipwreck
of the Medusa.
life Il Adventures of the Chevalier Charles
Stuart, and History of the Rebellion in
Scotland in l745, l746. BY Robert
Chambers.
Great Britain in 1888, by Baron D'iIaus>
SEE, Ex-miuls,er of King Charles X.
The story Of Captain Il, by The author
of traits of Travel.
a Subaltern's Furlough, descriptive of A.
merica, by Lieutenant Coke.
Editorial Notices, Poetry, &c.
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