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| Title | A History of Our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume 2 A History of Our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Justin McCarthy |
| Author | Justin McCarthy |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus, 1880 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
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