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FREEMAN (EDWARD A.)-OLD-ENGLISH HISTORY.
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FRANCE. By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.

HISTORY PRIMERS-Edited by JOHN RICHARD GREEN.
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ENGLAND. By J. R. GREEN, M.A.

FRANCE. BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.

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