Readings in British Colonial Literature: Canada, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand |
Contents
Frances Brooke from The History of Emily Montague | 1 |
Oliver Goldsmith from The Rising Village | 10 |
Joseph Howe Making Land | 31 |
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