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FIRST SPECTACLES. 



The advice of a skilful oculist or optician should be taken when the first pair of spectacles is 

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BROWNING'S SYSTEM OF SUITING THE SIGHT 



has pfoved saeeessfal inhere many sargeon-oealists have failed. 



IMKES. JOHN BROWNING, Ophthalmic Optician, and Author of "Our Eyes" (now in 

 its Fourteenth Edition), may be consulted personally, free of charge, at 63, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.,. 

 respecting spectacles for all forms of defective vision. An appointment in writing is desirable in the case of 

 those coming from a distance. 



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