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HALF-HOURS WITH THE HIGHWAYMEN. Half - Hours with the Highwaymen. By Charles G. Harper.--, 2 vols. (Chapman and Hall. 428. net.)—Mr. Harper, having told us much about the......

Plagues And Pleasures In Bengal.

Plagues and Pleasures of Life in Bengal. By Lieutenant - Colonel D. D. Cunningham, C.I.E., F.R.S. (John Murray. 12s. net.)—It is well to point out to those who are unacquainted......

Coins And How To Know Them.

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The Record Of A Regiment Of The Line. The Record

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The •londons ' Of The British Fleet.

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