CHAMBERS' WORKS. 



CHAMBERS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. A 



Selection of the choicest productions of English Authors, from the earliest to the present 

 time. Connected by a Critical and Biographical History. Forming two large imperial 

 octavo volumes of 700 pages each, double column letter press ; with upwards of 300 

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This work embraces about one thousand Authors, chronologically arranged, and classed as 

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CS~ THE AMERICAN edition of this valuable work is enriched by the addition of fine steel and 

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CHAMBERS' MISCELLANY OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAIN- 

 ING KNOWLEDGE. Edited by WILLIAM CHAMBERS. With elegant Illustra- 

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CHAMBERS' HOME BOOK; or, Pocket Miscellany, containing a Choice 

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