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THE GESTA ROMANORUM.
Evenings with the Old Story Tellers: Select Moral Tales from the Gesta
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Contents:—The Ungrateful Man; Jovinian and the Proud Emperor;
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| 6.—WANDERINGS OF A PILGRIM. By Rev. G. B. Cheever | 0 37 |
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Art. 1. Americanism in Literature.
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| 10.—THE ALPS AND THE RHINE. By J. T. Headley | 0 50 |
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