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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE: BY DANIEL DE FOE.-- Embellished with
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HEADS OF THE PEOPLE, OR PORTRAITS OF THE ENGLISH;--Drawn by KENNY MEADOWS,
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DOUGLAS JERROLD
MRS. GORE
LAMAN BLANCHARD
W. M. THACKERAY
CAPTAIN GLASCOCK
SAMUEL LOVER
LEMAN REDE
PERCIVAL LEIGH
LEIGH HUNT
MRS. S. C. HALL
WILLIAM HOWITT
R. H. HORNE
R. B. PEAKE
ALFRED CROWQUILL
CHARLES WHITEHEAD
F. G. TOMLINS, &c.,&c.
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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD; BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M.B.--With a Portrait; and
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LIFE OF NAPOLEON;--With Five Hundred Engravings, after designs by HORACE
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ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS;--Translated By DR. HAWKESWORTH, embellished with
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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS;--BY JONATHAN SWIFT, Dean of St. Patrick's; beautifully
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HISTORY OF AMERICA;--From its discovery by the Northmen to the present
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FABLES; Original and Selected:--With an introductory dissertation on the
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GRANDVILLE.
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VALENTINE VOX, THE VENTRILOQUIST;--BY HENRY COCKTON, Esq. Embellished with
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Sun._
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STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE, AT HOME AND ABROAD.--By
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_Demy 8vo. gilt back, (237 pp.) price 3s. 6d._
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Engravings, designed by J. H. JONES.
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COOMBE ABBEY:--An historical tale of the reign of James the First: wherein
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_Demy 8vo. cloth, gilt back, (591 pp.) price 8s._
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_Just Published, a second edition, with upwards of One Hundred
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THE PICTORIAL READER;--Compiled from the most approved authorities.
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FACES IN THE FIRE;--A story for the season: with wood engravings, and
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_In one handsome volume, small 8vo., 3s. 6d._
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THE HISTORIC GALLERY OF PORTRAITS AND PAINTINGS;--With Lives of the most
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