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Poetical Works of Thomas Aird. 



Fourth Edition, Foap. 8vo, 6s. 



' ' Mr Aird is a poet of a very high class, and in that class he occupies no mean 

 ex middling place. His imagination is lofty, his invention fertile, his sentiments 

 heroic, and his language generally clear and forcible." — Scotsman, 



The Old Bachelor in the Old Scottish Village. 



By Thomaa Aird. Fcap. 8vo, 4s. 



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Ancient Classics for English Readers. 



Edited by the Rev. W. lucas Collins, M.A. In 20 vols., 2s. 6d. each. 



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Interludes. 



By Alfred Austin, Author of 'The Season,' 'The Golden Age, &c. 

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Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, and other Poems. 



By W. EdmondstOTUie Aytoun, S.C.L., Professor of Rhetoric and Belles- 

 Lettres in the University of Edinburgh. Twenty-second Edition. Fcap. 

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 soul has caught the genuine inspiration ? " — Morning Post. 



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