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    sept, i, 1888 v The Publishers'Circular ...

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    QevievQg, &q. From Messrs. "W. H- Allen ...

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    -1 V « '¦ ^ Magazines Of The Month.

    Life ' s Morning / by George Gissing . The idea of 1 Original Edition' is not originalthough fairly

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    From Messrs . Ward , Lock . & Co . we have to acknowledge a number of useful and interesting publicationsall of which have advanced a

    , month ' s stage . Prominent among these may be mentioned Amateur "Work , an admirable periodical for those who are desirous of

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    Sept, I, 1888 V The Publishers'circular ...

    sept , i , 1888 v The Publishers ' Circular IO 1 M

    Qevievqg, &Q. From Messrs. "W. H- Allen ...

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1888, page 1017, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091888/page/11/