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Sir Walter Scott - Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer
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H. G. Wells - Certain Personal Matters
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John Kendrick Bangs - Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - December
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month...
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