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Masson was an author and translator on a large scale, writing many books on French literature and history, and editing with much success numerous French classics for
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Writers of France : From the Earliest Period to the Beginning of the Present Century : With Biographical Notices, Explanatory Notes, Synoptical Tables
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DĂ©couverte de l'Albert N' yanza : nouvelles explorations des sources du Nil
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Masson, (George Joseph) Gustave (1819–1888), French scholar and teacher
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A Chronological and Historical Atlas of the Middle Ages
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A Selection of Plays by Regnard, Brueys and Palaprat
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