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    anything that Mr . Haggard bas as yet

    written . The story of the fascinating

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1576, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/42/