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1. POULTRY LITERATURE.2. WOMEN IN FRANCE—MADAME DE MAINTENON.3. JULIUS CÆSAR—MERIVALES'S ROMAN HISTORY.4. THE REPUBLIC IN THE KING'S COACHES.5. SANITARY MOVEMENT—CENTRALIZATION.6. LIVES OF CALVIN. ByDyer, &c.7. LORD HOLLAND'S REMINISCENCES.8. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
1. POULTRY LITERATURE.
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3. JULIUS CÆSAR—MERIVALES'S ROMAN HISTORY.
4. THE REPUBLIC IN THE KING'S COACHES.
5. SANITARY MOVEMENT—CENTRALIZATION.
6. LIVES OF CALVIN. ByDyer, &c.
7. LORD HOLLAND'S REMINISCENCES.
8. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
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