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HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY-continued.

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ALEXIS DE TocqueviLLE. Correspondence and Conversations with NASSAU W. SENIOR from 1833 to 1859. Edited by Mrs. M. C. M.

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HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY-continuea.

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VOYAGES AND TRAVEL.

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ROUGH NOTES OF A VISIT TO BELGIUM, SEDAN, AND PARIS, In September, 1870-71. By John Ashton. Crown 8vo, bevelled boards. Price 3s. 6d.

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VOYAGES AND TRAVEL-continued.

FAYOUM; OR, ARTISTS IN EGYPT.

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SCIENCE.

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PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions. By W. B. Carpenter, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S., &c. 8vo. Illustrated. [Immediately.

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