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THE YOUNG DOMINICAN;
OR, THE MYSTERIES OF THE INQUISITION,
AND OTHER SECRET SOCIETIES OF SPAIN.
BY M.V. DE FEREAL.
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SAY'S POLITICAL ECONOMY.
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ALSO,
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The City Merchant; or The Mysterious Failure.
BY J.B. JONES,
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EL PUCHERO; or, A Mixed Dish from Mexico.
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MONEY-BAGS AND TITLES:
A HIT AT THE FOLLIES OF THE AGE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF JULES SANDEAU.
BY LEONARD MYERS.
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WHAT IS CHURCH HISTORY?
A VINDICATION OF THE IDEA OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS,
BY PHILIP SCHAF.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.
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THE IRIS:
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HAW-HO-NOO:
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LONZ POWERS; Or, The Regulators.
A ROMANCE OF KENTUCKY.
FOUNDED ON FACTS.
BY JAMES WEIR, ESQ.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
The scenes, characters, and incidents in these volumes have been copied from nature, and from real life. They are represented as taking place at that period in the history of Kentucky, when the Indian, driven, after many a hard-fought field, from his favourite hunting-ground, was succeeded by a rude and unlettered population, interspersed with organized bands of desperadoes, scarcely less savage than the red men they had displaced. The author possesses a vigorous and graphic pen, and has produced a very interesting romance, which gives us a striking portrait of the times he describes.
THE WESTERN MERCHANT.
A NARRATIVE,
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BY LUKE SHORTFIELD, A WESTERN MERCHANT.
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THE ANTEDILUVIANS; Or, The World Destroyed.
A NARRATIVE POEM, IN TEN BOOKS.
BY JAMES M'HENRY, M.D.
One volume, 18mo.
Bennett's (Rev. John) Letters to a Young Lady,
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THE AMERICAN CHESTERFIELD:
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SENECA'S MORALS.
BY WAY OF ABSTRACT TO WHICH IS ADDED, A DISCOURSE UNDER THE TITLE OF AN AFTER-THOUGHT.
BY SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, KNT.
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NEW SONG-BOOK.
Grigg's Southern and Western Songster;
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ROBOTHAM'S POCKET FRENCH DICTIONARY,
CAREFULLY REVISED,
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THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN.
COMPRISING THE HUMOROUS ADVENTURES OF
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BY L. STERNE.
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A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.
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THE LIFE OF GENERAL JACKSON,
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One volume, 18mo.
LIFE OF PAUL JONES.
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BY JAMES HAMILTON.
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THE GREEK EXILE;
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