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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 277
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Notices Of Books. 277
_NOTICES OF BOOKS . 277
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 277, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/61/
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