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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE, by
Irving.

THE WORLD OF Books, by Hunt.
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES, by Lamb.
CONVERSATION, by De Quincey.
PETITION OF THE THUGS, by Landor.
BENEFITS OF PARLIAMENT, by Landor.
FALLACIES, by Smith.

NIL NISI BONUM, by Thackeray.
COMPENSATION, by Emerson.
SWEETNESS AND LIGHT, by Arnold.
POPULAR CULTURE, by Morley.

ART OF LIVING WITH OTHERS, by Helps.

MY WINTER GARDEN, by Kingsley.
WORK, by Ruskin.

ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOR-
EIGNERS, by Lowell.
ON HISTORY, by Carlyle.
HISTORY, by Macaulay.

THE SCIENCE OF HISTORY, by Froude.
RACE AND LANGUAGE, by Freeman.
KIN BEYOND THE SEA, by Gladstone.
PRIVATE JUDGMENT, by Newman.
AN APOLOGY FOR PLAIN SPEAKING, by
Stephen.

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AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS; A MANUAL OF SUGGESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS IN LITERATURE: comprising a description of publishing methods and arrangements, directions for the preparation of MSS. for the press, explanations of the details of book-manufacturing, with instructions for proof-reading, and specimens of typography, the text of the United States Copyright Law and information concerning International Copyrights, together with general hints for authors. Octavo, cloth extra $1 00

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