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    ALGIERS FIRST IMPRESSIONS. 27

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    Algiers First Impressions. 27

    ALGIERS FIRST IMPRESSIONS . 27

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1860, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091860/page/27/