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THE LETTERSOFQUEEl VICTORIA.

A SELECTION FROM HER MAJESTY'S CORRESPONDENCE, 1837-1861.

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Musician and Composer, 1810-1856. Translated from the German of Dr. CHARLES STORCK by Miss HANNAH BRYANT. With 2 Portraits. Demy 8vo, 9s. net.

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STORIA DO MOGOR ; or,

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HISTORY OF VENICE. Its

Individual Growth from the Earliest Beginnings to the Fall of the Republic. By POMPEO MOLMENTI. Translated by HORATIO F. BROWN, Author of 'Life on the Lagoons,' <fcc. 3 Parts (2 vols. to each Part). Demy 8vo, 21*. net each Part. Part L VENICE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. [Just out. Part II. VENICE IN THE GOLDEN AGE. [Now ready. Part III. THE DECADENCE OF VENICE. [In the press. " The straightforward tale of the old Venetians, the most interesting community in Europe, is told with a frank simplicity, and yet with every detail that can be desired by a careful student. Every page in the book is full of curious knowledge, communicated without the slightest affectation or a_ir of teaching anybody anything We look forward with interest and expectation to the remaining, volumes of this important and delightful book." Spectator*

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