Biographical Guide to American Literature: A Classed List of Books Published in the United States of America During the Last Forty YearsTrübner and Company, 1859 - 554 pages |
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... tribes and of American Indians . These , should the opportunity arise , will be communicated to the reader upon some future occasion . In a work of general reference , like the present PREFACE . vii Foreign Writers in America.
... tribes and of American Indians . These , should the opportunity arise , will be communicated to the reader upon some future occasion . In a work of general reference , like the present PREFACE . vii Foreign Writers in America.
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... reference , like the present , one of two methods must necessarily be adopted ; it must either be subdivided into classes , or be alphabetically arranged throughout . I am not about to raise the vexed question of the impossibility of ...
... reference , like the present , one of two methods must necessarily be adopted ; it must either be subdivided into classes , or be alphabetically arranged throughout . I am not about to raise the vexed question of the impossibility of ...
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... reference , a chronological table at the end of the volume , it would be a great advantage , owing to the number of books on America , published either anonymously , or under assumed names , the true authors of which cannot now be ...
... reference , a chronological table at the end of the volume , it would be a great advantage , owing to the number of books on America , published either anonymously , or under assumed names , the true authors of which cannot now be ...
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... reference to historical works , to booksellers ' and sale catalogues , and to the larger bibliographical • A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS , consisting of a Collection of Voyages and Travels in various parts of the world ; including an extensive ...
... reference to historical works , to booksellers ' and sale catalogues , and to the larger bibliographical • A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS , consisting of a Collection of Voyages and Travels in various parts of the world ; including an extensive ...
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... reference , an alphabetical arrangement is infinitely to be preferred to a mere chronological enumeration of title - pages , unless accompanied by that most necessary adjunct . The work progressed slowly through the press , and the ...
... reference , an alphabetical arrangement is infinitely to be preferred to a mere chronological enumeration of title - pages , unless accompanied by that most necessary adjunct . The work progressed slowly through the press , and the ...
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Page 94 - Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery, during the time of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, and of the several Commissioners of the Great Seal, and Lord Chancellor Loughborough, from 1778 to 1794, with the Annotations of Mr.