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Arnold (Matthew), (continued)— 



ESSAYS IN CRITICISM. New Edition, with Additions. Extra 

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Besant.— STUDIES IN EARLY FRENCH POETRY. By 

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 A sort of impression rests on most minds that French literature begins 

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 Rulebeuf Marie de France, Gaston de Foix, Thibault de Champagne, 

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