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=Scott's Quentin Durward.= Slightly abridged.

=Irving's Sketch Book.= Six selections, including ="Rip van Winkle."=

=Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.=

=Scott's Guy Mannering.= Complete.

=Scott's Ivanhoe.= Complete.

=Johnson's Rasselas:= Prince of Abyssinia.

=Gulliver's Travels.= The Voyages to Lilliput =and Brobdingnag=.

*=Plutarch's Lives.= From Clough's Translation.

=Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield.=

=Hale's Arabian Nights.=

=Scott's Rob Roy.= Complete.

*=Life of Franklin.=

=Washington and His Country.= Irving and Fiske.

=Selections from Ruskin.=

=Tom Brown at Rugby.=

=The Two Retreats.= Xenophon's and Napoleon's.

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+-----------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the | | original document have been preserved. | | | | Typographical errors corrected in the text: | | | | Page 180 soltitude changed to solitude | | Page 192 Echmühl changed to Eckmühl | | Page 212 Winkowo changed to Vinkowo | | Page 296 Maret changed to Murat | | Page 315 Augerau changed to Augereau | | Page 315 Charpontier changed to Charpentier | +-----------------------------------------------+

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