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/pra Giro/am° Savonarola. By Herbert Lucas, S.j. (sands...

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Life And Letters Of Edward Bickersteth, Bishop Of South...

By Samuel Bickersteth. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. 10s. 61)—Edward Bickersteth, born in 1850, died in 1897, had the "rarer gifts," as a friend says. His character was one of......

Great Britain And Hanover. By A. W. Ward. (clarendon Press,

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