The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 191A. Constable, 1900 |
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... LORD LYTTON'S ADMINISTRATION . XII . THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA , NEW YORK : LEONARD SCOTT PUBLICATION COMPANY , 7 and 9 WARREN STREET . PUBLISHERS OF CONTEMPORARY REVIEW . NINETEENTH CENTURY . FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW . BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURCH ...
... LORD LYTTON'S ADMINISTRATION . XII . THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA , NEW YORK : LEONARD SCOTT PUBLICATION COMPANY , 7 and 9 WARREN STREET . PUBLISHERS OF CONTEMPORARY REVIEW . NINETEENTH CENTURY . FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW . BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURCH ...
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... Lord Lytton's Indian Administration , 1876 to 1880. Compiled from Letters and Official Papers . By Lady Betty Balfour . London : 1899 . 2. The Making of a Frontier . By Colonel Algernon Durand , C.B. , C.I.E. London : 1899 . 3. Life of ...
... Lord Lytton's Indian Administration , 1876 to 1880. Compiled from Letters and Official Papers . By Lady Betty Balfour . London : 1899 . 2. The Making of a Frontier . By Colonel Algernon Durand , C.B. , C.I.E. London : 1899 . 3. Life of ...
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... Lord Lytton's Indian Administration , there can be no doubt as to the charm and grace of the volume in which Lady Betty Balfour has laid before the world the vindication from his own papers , practically by himself , of her father's ...
... Lord Lytton's Indian Administration , there can be no doubt as to the charm and grace of the volume in which Lady Betty Balfour has laid before the world the vindication from his own papers , practically by himself , of her father's ...
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... Lord Lytton's frontier administration . Far more strongly , nevertheless , do we share Colonel Durand's feelings when he writes- ' I am no believer in catchwords , though they are useful as ... Lord Lytton's Indian Administration .
... Lord Lytton's frontier administration . Far more strongly , nevertheless , do we share Colonel Durand's feelings when he writes- ' I am no believer in catchwords , though they are useful as ... Lord Lytton's Indian Administration .
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... Lord Salis- bury , Lord Beaconsfield , not to mention Lord Lytton himself , as being in some sort under accusation - though we are much mistaken if this volume does not , as an able administrator and a writer of statesmanlike papers ...
... Lord Salis- bury , Lord Beaconsfield , not to mention Lord Lytton himself , as being in some sort under accusation - though we are much mistaken if this volume does not , as an able administrator and a writer of statesmanlike papers ...
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