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CYCLOPEDIA OP ANECDOTES OF LITERATURE AND 



THE FINE ARTS. Containing a copious and choice Selection of Anecdotes 

 of the various forms of Literature, of the Arts, of Architecture, Engravings, Music, 

 Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture, and of the most celebrated Literary Characters and 

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THE LIFE OF JOHN MILTON, Narrated in Connection with the POLITICAL, 

 ECCLESIASTICAL, and LITERARY HISTORY OF HIS TIME. By DAVID MASSON, M.A., Professor 

 of English Literature, University College, London. Vol. i., embracing the period from 

 1608 to 1639. With Portraits, and specimens of his handwriting at different periods. 

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THE GKEYSON LETTERS. Selections from the Correspondence of R. E. H. 

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ESSAYS IN BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM. By PETER BATNE, M. 

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FIKST SERIES : Thomas De Quincy. Tennyson and his Teachers. Mrs. Barrett Brown- 

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VISITS TO EUROPEAN CELEBRITIES. By the Rev. WILLIAM B. 

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