Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-21
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THE REGIN OF PETER THE GREAT,
by EUGENE SCHUYLER, will begin in an
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O Lowrie's." CcNFIDENCE, by Henry
James, Jr., begun in the Midsummer Holt
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