The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-17
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LIFE OF CROMWELL. 2ss pages,-The Christian
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GEORGE ELIOTS ESSAYS-The Examiner New
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SAM HOBART, by j. D. Fulton, ID. D., 2i2 pages
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HISTORICAL AND OTHER SKETCHES, 2ss pages.
BY James A. Froude, the eminent hstorian-a
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ILLUSTRATIONS AND MEDITATIoNs, 2S3 pages.
BY Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon, the celebrated
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MARTIN LUTHER, 24O pages" This particular
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OUR CHRISTMAS IN A PALACE, 2ss pages,-By
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