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About ParisDavis, Richard Harding

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About Paris

Davis, Richard Harding

Paris (France) -- Description and travel

Transcriber's Note:
1. Obvious punctuation  and typographical errors repaired.
2. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=.

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