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Abbot, The. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey. By 
Washington Irving. 
Adam Bede. By George Eliot. 
Airy Fairy Lillian. By The Duchess. 
Alice, a st quel to Ernest Maltravera. By 
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Antiquary, The. By Sir Walter Scott. 
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Arabian Nights. 
Alhambra By Washington Irving. 
An April Lady. By The Duchess. 
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Captain Bonnevijle. By Washington Irv¬ 
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Child’s History of Eagland. By Charles 
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Christmas Stories By Charles Dickens. 
Confessions of an Opium Eater. By Thomas 
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Conquest of Granada. By Washington 
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Cuore. ByDeAmicis. 
Crayon Papers. By Washington Irving. 
Crime and Punishment. By Dostoyevsky. 
Crown of Wild Olives. By John Ruskin. 
Daniel Deronda. By George Eliot. 
Daughter of an Empress, The. By Louisa 
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Dead Souls. By Gogol. 
Deer Slayer. By J. ifenimore Cooper. 
Dick’s Sweetheart. By The Duchess. 
Dombey and Son. By Charhs Dickens. 
Donald Grant. By George Macdonald. 
Donovan. By Edna Lyall. 
Don Quixote. By Cervantes. 
Dora Thorne. By Bertha M. Clay. 
Earl’s Atonement, The. By Bertha M. Clay. 
East Lynne. By Mrs. Henry Wood. 
Egoist, The. By George Meredith. 
Emerson’s Essays. First Series. By R W. 
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W. Emerson 
Endj mion. By Dit-raell. 
Ernest Maltravers By Lord Lytton, 
Eugene Aram. By Lord Lytton. 
Fair Maid of Perth. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Far from the Madding Crowd. By Thomas 
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Foul Play. By Charles Reade. 
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General Gordon. By the author of “ Our 
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Gold Elsie. By E. Marlitt. 
Gotthold’s Emblems. By Christian Scriver. 
Great Expectations. By Charles Dickens. 
Green Mountain Boys. By Judge D. P. 
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•Griffith Gaunt. By Charles Reade. 
Grimm’s Fairy Tales. By the Brothers 
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Guilderoy. By Ouida. 
Gulliver’s Travels. By Dean Swift. 
Guy Mannering. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Handy Andy. By Samuel Lover. 
Happy Find, A. By Madame Gageubin. 
Hardy Norseman, A. By Edna Lyall. 
Harry Lorrequer. By Charles Lever. 
Heart of Mid-Lothian, By Sir. Walter 
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Henry Esmond. By W. M. Thackeray. 
Heroes and Hero Worship. By Thomas 
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Her Only Brother. By W. Heimburg. 
House at Crague, The. By Mary B. Sleight. 
Hilda. By Charlotte M. Braeme. 
Hypatia. By Charles Kingsley. 
In Far Lochaber, By William Black. 
In Perils Oft. By W. H. Davenport Adams. 
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Ivanhoe. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Jane Eyre. By Charlotte Bronte. 
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Kenilworth. By Sir Walter Scott. 
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Knight Errant. By Edna Lyll. 
Lady Audley’s Secret. By M. E. Braddon. 
Lady of Lyons and Richelieu. By Lord 
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Last Days of Pompeii. By Lord Lytton. 
Last of the Mohicans. By J. Fenlmore 
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Legend of Montrose, A. By Sir Walter 
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Life of Washington. By Uncle Juvlnell. 
Lothair. By Lord Beaconsfleld. 
Lorna Doone. By R. D. Blackmore. 
Madcap Violet. By William Black. 
Marquis of Penalta. By A. P. Vald6i. 
Martin Chuzzlewit. By Charles Dickens. 
Maximina. By A. P. Valdda. 
Martin the Skipper. By James E. C >bb. 
Meditations of a Parish Priest. By Joseph 
Roux. 
Middlemarch. By George Eliot. 
Mill on the Floss, The. By George Eliot. 
Monastery, The. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Monte Christo. Part I. By Alexander 
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Monte Cristo. Part II. By Alexander 
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Molly Bawn. By The Duchess. 
Moonstone, The. By W. Collins. 
Mutiny on the Leander. By Bernard 
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Mysterious Island. By Jules Verne. 
Never too Late to Mend. By Charles 
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Nicholas NIckleby. By Charles Dickens. 
Nigel. By Sir Walter Scott. 
No Name. By Wilkie Collin«. 
Old Curiosity Shop. By Charles Dickens. 
Old Mam’selle’s Secret. By E. Marlitt. 
Old Mortality. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. 
Our Mutual Friend. By Charles Dickens. 
Pathfinder, The. By J. Fenimorw Cooper. 
Paul and Virginia, and Rasselas. 
Paying the Penalty, and Other Stories. 
Pelham. By Lord Lytton. 
Pickwick Papers. By Charles Dickens. 
Pilgrim’s Progress. By John Bunyan. 
Pilot, The. By J. Fenlmore Cooper. 
Princess of Thule, A, By William Black. 
Put Yourself in his Place. By Charles 
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Quentin Durward. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Red Gauntlet. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Red Rover. By J. Fenlmore Cooper. 
Robinson Crusoe. By Daniel D?foe. 
Rob Roy. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Rory O’More. Bv Samuel Lover. 
Romance of a Poor Young Man. By 
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Romola. By George Eliot. 
Salmagundi. By Washington Irving. 
Sartor Resartus. By Thomas Carlyle. 
Scottish Chiefs. By Jane Porter. 
Sea Queen, A. By W. Clark Russel 
Sesame and Lilies. By John Ruukin. 
Shandon Bells. By William Black. 
Shirley. By Charlotte Bronte. 
Silence of Dean Maitland. By Margaret 
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Sketch-Book, The. By Washington Irving 
Self Help. By Samuel Smiles. 
Spy, The. By J. Fenlmore Cooper. 
St. John’s Ev«. By Gogol. 
Stories from Life. By Sarah K. Bolton. 
Strange Adventures of a House Boat. By 
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Strange Adventures of a Phaeton. By 
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Strange Story, A. Bf L^rd Lytton. 
Springhaven, By R. D. Blackmore. 
Swiss Family Robinson. 
Syrlin. By Ouida 
Tale of Two Cities, A. By Charles 
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Tales of a Traveler. By Washington 
Irving. 
Talisman, The. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Ten Thousand a Year. Part I. By Samuel 
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Ten Thousand a Year. PartTI. By Samuel 
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Terrible Temptation, A. By Charles Reade. 
Thaddeus of Warsaw. By Jane Porter 
The World Went Very Well Then. By 
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Three Guardsmen. By Alexander Dumas. 
Three Times Tried. 
Tom Brown at Oxford. By Thomas Hughes. 
Tom Brown’s School Days. By Thomas 
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Taras Bulba. By Gogol. 
Tour of the Prairies, and Spanish Voyages. 
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Tour of the World in Eighty Days. By 
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 
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Twentv Years After. BvAlexan er Dumas. 
Twice-Told Tales. By Nathaniel Haw¬ 
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Two Admirals. By J. Fenlmore Cooper. 
Two on a Tower. By Thomas Hardy. 
Two Years Before the Mast. By R. H. 
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Uarda. By Georg Ebers. 
Unswerving. By Ernest Gilmore. 
Vanity Fair. By W. d. Thackeray 
Vicar of Wakefield, and Paul and Virginia. 
Vivian Grey. By Disraeli. 
Voyage to the Cape, A. By W. Clark 
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Walton’s Angler. By Izaak Walton. 
Water Witch, The. By J. Fenlmore 
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Waverley. By Sir Walter Scott. 
We Two. By Edna Lyall. 
Willy Reilly. By William Carleton. 
Wing and Wing. By J. Femmore Cooper. 
White Cross and Dove of Pearls. 
Watchers on the Longships. By James F. 
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Woman in White, The. By Wilkie Collins. 
Woman’s Face, A. By Florence Warden 
Woman’s Love Story, A. By Bertha M.’ 
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Wooing O’t, The. By Mrs. Alexander. 
Zanonl. By Lord Lytton. 
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