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    The Home University Library catalogue 1914/15
    The Home University Library catalogue 1914/15
    The Home University Library catalogue 1914/15
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    The Home University Library catalogue 1914/15

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Home University Library catalogue 1914/15 - Home University Library of Modern Knowledge

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Home University Library catalogue

      1914/15, by Williams and Norgate, Publishers

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: The Home University Library catalogue 1914/15

      Author: Williams and Norgate, Publishers

      Release Date: June 27, 2010 [EBook #33006]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CATALOGUE ***

      Produced by Brian Foley, Sam W. and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

      Transcriber's Note

      This catalogue originally appeared in An Outline of Russian Literature, by Maurice Baring: Williams and Norgate, London; first printed 1914/15.

      History and Geography

      3. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

      By Hilaire Belloc, M.A. (With Maps.) It is coloured with all the militancy of the author’s temperament.—Daily News.

      4. A SHORT HISTORY OF WAR AND PEACE

      By G. H. Perris. The Rt. Hon. James Bryce writes: I have read it with much interest and pleasure, admiring the skill with which you have managed to compress so many facts and views into so small a volume.

      8. POLAR EXPLORATION

      By Dr W. S. Bruce, F.R.S.E., Leader of the Scotia Expedition. (With Maps.) A very freshly written and interesting narrative.—The Times.

      12. THE OPENING-UP OF AFRICA

      By Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., F.Z.S.

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