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    OPEN COUNCIL. 211

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    XXXI.—OPEN" COUNCIL.

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    To the Editor of the English Woman's Jou...

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    Open Council. 211

    OPEN COUNCIL . 211

    Xxxi.—Open" Council.

    XXXI . —OPEN" COUNCIL . ( As . these pages themselves are intended responsible for general for the discussion opinions expressed , the Editors . ) do not hold «

    To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...

    To the Editor of the English Woman ' s Journal . Folkestone , October .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1860, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111860/page/67/