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HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. Readings from the best Authorities 

 on English and European History. Selected and arranged by 

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When young children have acquired the outlines of history from abridge- 

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Hole. — A GENEALOGICAL STEMMA OF THE KINGS OF 

 ENGLAND AND FRANCE. By the Rev. C. Hole, M.A., 

 Trinity College, Cambridge. On Sheet, is. 

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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Compiled and 

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One of the most comprehensive and accurate Biographical Dictionaries 

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