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The Exchange. Volume I. Comprising a complete Half-Annual Review of Home, Colonial, and Foreign Commerce and Exchange, from April to October, 1862. With nearly 100 Original Papers on Current Topics, by the first writers of the day. One vol. 8vo. cloth extra, 7s.6d.
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History of the Rise and Progress of the Iron Trade of the United States, from 1621 to 1857; with numerous Statistical Tables relating to the Manufacture, Importation, Exportation, and Prices of Iron for more than a Century. By B. F. French. 8vo. Cloth, 10s.
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THEOLOGY.
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TheLand and the Book, or Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and the Scenery of the Holy Land, by W. M. Thomson, M.D., twenty-five years a Missionary in Syria and Palestine. With 3 Maps and several hundred Illustrations. 2 vols. Post 8vo. cloth, 1l.1s.
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MEDICAL.
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