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... NEWBERY AND HARRIS , WEST CORNER OF ST . PAUL'S CHURCHYARD , LONDON . E. P. DUTTON & CO . , NEW YORK . MDCCCLXXX . ( The rights of translation and reproduction are reserved . ŞIX LIFE STUDIES FERNAN CABALLERO (Spanish Novelist)
... NEWBERY AND HARRIS , WEST CORNER OF ST . PAUL'S CHURCHYARD , LONDON . E. P. DUTTON & CO . , NEW YORK . MDCCCLXXX . ( The rights of translation and reproduction are reserved . ŞIX LIFE STUDIES FERNAN CABALLERO (Spanish Novelist)
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... Spanish story - teller , whose name is a household word from one end of Spain to the other , and the delineator of life in her native country under all its aspects , polished and rustic , cosmopolitan and pro- vincial , grave and gay ...
... Spanish story - teller , whose name is a household word from one end of Spain to the other , and the delineator of life in her native country under all its aspects , polished and rustic , cosmopolitan and pro- vincial , grave and gay ...
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... - ment of common cravings after happiness . Thus in solitude they had ever companion- ship , in self - sacrifice ever a sweet and durable reward . CONTENTS . FERNAN CABALLERO ( Spanish Novelist ) ALEXANDRINE TINNÉ xiv Preface .
... - ment of common cravings after happiness . Thus in solitude they had ever companion- ship , in self - sacrifice ever a sweet and durable reward . CONTENTS . FERNAN CABALLERO ( Spanish Novelist ) ALEXANDRINE TINNÉ xiv Preface .
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Matilda Betham-Edwards. CONTENTS . FERNAN CABALLERO ( Spanish Novelist ) ALEXANDRINE TINNÉ ( African Explorer ) CAROLINE HERSCHEL ( Astronomer and Mathe- matician ) PAGE I 41 87 MARIE PAPE - CARPANTIER ( Educational Reformer ) 129 ...
Matilda Betham-Edwards. CONTENTS . FERNAN CABALLERO ( Spanish Novelist ) ALEXANDRINE TINNÉ ( African Explorer ) CAROLINE HERSCHEL ( Astronomer and Mathe- matician ) PAGE I 41 87 MARIE PAPE - CARPANTIER ( Educational Reformer ) 129 ...
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... Spanish consul in Australia . He went thither , leaving her behind ; and after the death of her father , Doña Cecilia Faber y Böhl , as she was more generally called , took up her residence in apartments assigned to her by Queen ...
... Spanish consul in Australia . He went thither , leaving her behind ; and after the death of her father , Doña Cecilia Faber y Böhl , as she was more generally called , took up her residence in apartments assigned to her by Queen ...
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