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Germany And The Rhine, 1869-70. By Harry Swinglehurst....

Mackenzie.) This little volume bears the "red cross," and, like some other men and things which have assumed that symbol, is some- what an imposition. Ninety-three pages are......

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will have, we are sure, a pleasing recollection of a former volume from the same hand and dealing with the same class of subjects. Nothing could be more genuine and excellent......

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can complain, at all events, of Mr. Archer for not giving his readers enough in his three volumes. These are crowded with incidents and characters, and are very tolerably......

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