A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe Part 25

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The Conspiracy of Count Fieschi: an Episode in Italian History. By M. De Celesia. Translated by David Hilton, Esq., Author of a "History of Brigandage." With Portrait. 8vo.