I. II.— HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. By Sir Wajlter 

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III. VI.— HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Sir James 

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IV. — OUTLINES OF HISTORY. 



V— HISTORY OF the NETHERLANDS. By T. C. 



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VIL VIII. XII.— HISTORY of FRANCE. By Eyre 

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IX. — MECHANICS. By Capt. Kater and Dr. 

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X. — A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE on the OB- 

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 THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. In 

 1 Vol. By J. F. W. Herschel, Esq. 



XL— BIOGRAPHY of EMINENT BRITISH 

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XIII. — HYDROSTATICS and PNEUMATICS. By 

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XIV. — HISTORY OF the PROGRESS and PRE- 

 SENT SITUATION OF the SILK MANUFAC- 

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XV. — HISTORY OF the ITALIAN REPUBLICS. 

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XVI. — HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS and PRE- 

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 PORCELAIN and GLASS. 



XVII. XVItl. XX. XXI. XXII.— HISTORY of SPAIN 

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XIX.— HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND. 

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 Rev. C. Thirlwall. 



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