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J. S. REDFIELD,
CLINTON HALL, NEW YORK,
HAS JUST PUBLISHED:
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LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS.
By William E. Aytoun, Professor of Literature and Belles-Lettres
in the University of Edinburgh and Editor of Blackwood's
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LADIES OF THE COVENANT:
Memoirs of Distinguished Scottish Females, embracing the Period
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