Vol. I.—COINS and MEDALS: their Place in History and Art. Edited by
STANLEY LANE POOLE.
Vol. II.—THE LIFE OF KING HAROLD: a Mediæval Romance, with
Introduction and Notes by WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH.
Vol. III.—GLEANINGS from the NATURAL HISTORY of the ANCIENTS. By the
Rev. M. G. WATKINS, M.A.
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_Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia_.
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_The Boke of St. Albans._
By DAME JULIANA BERNERS. Containing the Treatises on Hawking,
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_The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle._
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_A Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge._
Written by JOHN SKELTON, Poet Laureate to King Henry VIII.
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