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    in the The present ' Wide issue , Wide contains World . an '— intimation Our obituary of

    the death of Miss Warnerthe author of this ¦ have celebrated been book published . The regarding following , the particulars first

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1885, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041885/page/3/