Books and Authors Part 19

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By D'ARCY WENTWORTH THOMPSON,

Professor of Greek, Queen's College, Galway; Author of 'Day Dreams of a Schoolmaster;' 'Sales Attici,' etc. etc.

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THE BRAEMAR HIGHLANDS: Their Tales, Traditions, and History.

By ELIZABETH TAYLOR.

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TRIUMPH: The Christian more than Conqueror.

BY THE REV. GEORGE PHILIP, M.A., FREE ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, EDINBURGH.

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