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    Nov. 1,1889: The Pi^li^^sV lQii^ulaif 1 ...

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    Nov. 1,1889: The Pi^Li^^Sv Lqii^Ulaif 1 ...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1889, page 1427, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111889/page/51/