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R. L. Stevenson. VAILIMA LET- 

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G.Wyndham. THE POEMS OF WIL- 

 LIAM SHAKESPEARE. Edited 

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This edition contains the' Venus,' 'Lucrece,' 

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W. E. Henley. ENGLISH LYRICS. 

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' It is a body of choice and lovely poetry.' — 

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Henley and Whibley. A BOOK OF 

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W. B. Yeats. AN ANTHOLOGY OF 

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G. W. Steevens. MONOLOGUES OF 

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Sterne. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS 

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Congreve. THE COMEDIES OF 

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Morier. THE ADVENTURES OF 

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