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The Children Out of Doors: A Book of Verses,

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Phoebe.

By the Author of "Rutledge." Reprinted from the Fifth Thousand of the American Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s.

The Gamekeeper's Manual: being an Epitome of the
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May in Anjou; with other Sketches and Studies.
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A Rectorial Address delivered before the Students of Aberdeen University, in the Music Hall at Aberdeen, on Nov. 5, 1880. By LORD ROSEBERY. 6d.

A Rectorial Address delivered before the Students of the University of Edinburgh, Nov. 4, 1882. By LORD ROSEBERY. 6d.

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Charles St. John's Note Books, 1846-1853.

Invererne, Nairn, Elgin, Edited by Admiral H. C. ST. JOHN. Sm. 4to. 7s. 6d.

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A Tour in Sutherlandshire; with Extracts from the Field-Books of a Sportsman and Naturalist. By the late CHARLES ST. JOHN, Author of "Wild Sports and Natural History in the Highlands." Second Edition, with an Appendix on the Fauna of Sutherland, by J. A. HARVIE-BROWN and T. E. BUCKLEY. Illustrated with the original Wood-Engravings, and additional Vignettes from the Author's sketch-books. In 2 vols. small demy Svo, 21s.

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Life of James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.

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Scotch Folk.

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The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32.

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Album of the Scottish Artists' Club.
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Studies in Poetry and Philosophy.

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Culture and Religion.

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Sketches in History and Poetry.

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Kilmahoe: A Highland Pastoral,

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Shakespeare on Golf. With special Reference to St.

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The Near and the Far View,

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Should Feu-Duties be Taxed? BY VINDEX. Demy 8vo, 3d.
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The Four Ancient Books of Wales,

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Herminius: A Romance.

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The Burial of Isis, and other Poems.

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Origins of Pictish Symbolism.

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Souvenirs of Tante Claire (Mlle. Aubert).

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History of the Scottish Church.

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The Lady or the Tiger? and other Stories.

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Sketch of Thermodynamics.

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Time's Fool: An English Idyll. Crown 8vo.

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"Two strangers meeting at a festival;
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Trail and Camp Fire.

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