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Hundred Years : The Romance of the Victorian People
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350:This House is Haunted
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457:"Lifting the shadow"
302:And All That Beauty'
284:Through Another Gate
242:The Cards of Fortune
230:The Fenceless Ranges
182:The Barb of an Arrow
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332:The House of Fendon
320:Soul From the Sword
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381:Children's fiction
278:A Mirror of Silver
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125:The Mercury
63:, Australia
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437:References
400:Collection
68:Occupation
37:1885-03-23
296:Negrohead
86:Relatives
463:13 April
110:Tasmania
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308:Trinity
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