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TIQUITY. By W.C. TAYLOR, LL.D. 10_s._ 6_d._
The design of this work is to supply the student with an outline of the
principal events in the annals of the ancient world, and at the same
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EUROPEANS, AND GENERAL PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION. By the same Author.
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*FAMILY HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By the Rev. G.R. GLEIG, M.A. With PICTORIAL
ILLUSTRATIONS. 3 Vols., 6_s._ 6_d._ each.
The main purpose of the FAMILY HISTORY OF ENGLAND has been to unite
objects which in such undertakings are not always found to coincide;
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While the philosophy of history, therefore, is sedulously taught, it is
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A HISTORY OF LONDON; THE PROGRESS OF ITS INSTITUTIONS; THE MANNERS AND
CUSTOMS OF ITS PEOPLE. By CHARLES MACKAY. 7_s._
Of the Histories of London which have hitherto appeared, some have been
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manners and customs
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