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torical novel. by +. d. Gucrazzi, author o.
Beatrice Ccnci, translated from the original
Italin, by Luigi Mont, Of Harvard University
Elegantly bound in muslin, with u superb stcc
portrait, from the celebrated drawing by Fras
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From an article in the Boston Courier, by
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We make the following extract:
/ There can be no question that these novels
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