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ADVANCED TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

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FAUST: A DRAMATIC POEM.

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Illustrated Edition of Professor AYTOUN'S

LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS.

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THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE:

A JOURNAL. By JOHN HANNING SPEKE, Captain H.M. Indian Army. With a Map of Eastern Equatorial Africa by Captain Speke; numerous Illustrations, chiefly from Drawings by Captain Grant; and Portraits, engraved on Steel, of Captains Speke and Grant. 8vo, 21s.

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WHAT LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE NILE

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A WALK ACROSS AFRICA;

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