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| Title | Eminent men and popular books (papers) [by S. Lucas]. From 'The Times'. |
| Author | Samuel Lucas |
| Publisher | Routledge, Warnes & Routledge, 1859 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Aug 2005 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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