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LE CID. By JULES BUÉ, M.A., of Oxford.
CINNA. BY HENRY TARVER, of Eton.

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LE MENTEUR. By B. BUISSON, M.A., Charterhouse.
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MUSSET, ALFRED DE.

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5. MÉLESVILLE et DUVEYRIER, Michel Perrin, by GUSTAVE MASDON, B.A., Harrow School.

SCRIBE, Le Verre d'Eau, by JULES
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