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TWELVE SETS of the LITERARY SOUVENIR, from its commencement, may still be purchased of the Editor. These copies contain the earliest impressions of the Plates, having been selected when the respective volumes first made their appearance; price 21. 88. each set. Ten complete sets of the Large Paper of the same work, with proof impressions of the Plates on India Paper, may also be had; price 41. 16s. each set.

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SIR WALTER SCOTT
THOMAS CAMPBELL
S. T. COLERIDGE
WASHINGTON IRVING
MRS. HEMANS
JAMES MONTGOMERY
ROBERT SOUTHEY
PROFESSOR WILSON

MISS MITFORD
JOHN GALT

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THE REV. R. POLWHELE
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N. T. CARRINGTON
ALARIC A. WATTS

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M. J. JEWSBURY
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JOHN MALCOLM

THOMAS PRINGLE

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