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Thomas Ken. By F. A. Clarke, M.a. (methuen.)—we Are Glad

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The Kadambari Of Bana. Translated By C. M. Ridding. (royal

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Hebert. (Nisbet and Co.)—Mr. Hebert has put together in this volume a number of illustrations of doctrine and practice which he has gathered from observations of astronomical......

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