The Standard BearerCrockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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The Standard Bearer
Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Covenanters -- Fiction; Scotland -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
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Holmes, and I pray Dr. Doyle to give us more of him.”--_Richard le
Gallienne, in the London Star._
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* * * * *
BY ANTHONY HOPE.
_THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO._ With Photogravure Frontispiece by S.
W. Van Schaick. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
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