Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-01-08


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VOL. !.
Waldstein, or the Swedes in Prague, a novel
by Madame Pitcher
Memoirs of Count Lavallette, written by
himself
Six Months in America, by Godfrey T.
Vigne.
Klosterbeim, OF the Masque a novel, by
the English Opium Eater.
The Hill and the Valley, tale by Harriet
Martineau.
Travels in Peru, by Edmond Temple.
Lafayette and Louis Philippe, by b. Sar-
rams.
The Gentle Recruit, a tale, by the author of
the Subaltern.
Saratoga, by the same.
A Family Sour in South Holland, by Col
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Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers,
by c. Macfarlane.
The Italian Exile in England, by Count
Pecchio.
Memoirs of the Duchess of St. Leu IIor-
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journal of Nobleman at the Congress OF
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Letters from the Earl of Chatham TO his
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Editorial Notices, Poetry, Anecdotes, &c
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VOL. II.
Wacousta, Or the Prophecy, tale of Detroit
and MichilIimackinac, by the author 81
Ecarte.
Mrs. Lushington,s Journey from India to
Eng land.
Rambles of Naturalist, by DIR. Goldman.
Life of DR.. John Loyden, by Sir Walter
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Waltham, novel, being Vol of the Libra
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Memoirs af DR. Burney, by Madame D'Arb-
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The Black Velvet Bag, and Afademoisele
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IIiliott's Letters from the North Of Europe.
Memoir Of Siivio Pellico.
Madame Dard's Narrative Of the Shipwreck
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Life and Adventures Of the Chevalier Charles
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GREAT Britain in 1888, by Baron D'Haussez,
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Tho Story of (iontaiu hxyt tho author
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A Subaltern's Furlough, descriptive of A
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Editorial Notices, Poetry, &c.
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