A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century: Containing Thirty Thousand Biographies and Literary Notices, with Forty Indexes of SubjectsChilds & Peterson [printed by Deacon & Peterson], 1871 - 3140 pages |
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