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AN INTERESTING BOOK OF TRAVEL 



In I vol., demy 8vo, containing numerous Illustrations from Photographs 

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Travels in 



North and Central China. 



By John Grant Birch. 



NEW WORK BY MISS BETHAM-EDWARDS. 



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SKETCHES IN THE GATINAIS, THE 

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Travels in Space: 



A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 



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