, 1879-04-26
CYCLOPEDIA OF LITERATURE.

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CHAMBERS'S CYCLOPEDGA OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE
Volume l OF the new and beautiful edition
ofthis excellent work, just issued by the
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New York, embraces the history OF our litera
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Queen Elizabeth, with lives Of all noted
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