ten on 3 quarto pages, dated April 17, 1841. (Small hole at seal, injuring a few letters.)

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It was sent to Charles J. Peters, Philadelphia, the address being in Lowell's hand.

LOWELL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

466. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). A. L. s., Elmwood, May 2, 1848. (Somewhat damp-stained.)

3 pp., 4to.

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467. LUCAS (E. V.). Life of Charles Lamb. tions. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut.

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468. LYNCH (ANNE C.). A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. New York, July 23, 1845. To Henry B. Hirst. Regretting that her condition of health will not permit her to "review" his volume of poems. A. L. s., 2 pp., 8vo. 109 Clinton Place, no date. To Henry B. Hirst. Regarding a portrait for publication.

469.

470. LYTTON (LORD). Novels. 27 vols., 16mo, cloth. London: Routledge, 1888

471. MCCLELLAN (GEORGE B.). Report of Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, Aug. 4, 1863, with an account of the Campaign in Western Virginia. Extended to two volumes, royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops, uncut. New York, 1864

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472. MCLELLAN (ISAAC). Poems of the Rod and Gun. Edited, with a Memoir of the Author, by Will Wildwood. Etched frontispiece by J. F. Sabin. 12mo, sheets. New York, 1886

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473. MCMAHAN (ANNA B.). With Shelley in Italy. Chicago, 1905; French Profiles (Gosse), New York, 1905; French Traits (Brownell), New York, 1897; and others. Together 7 vols., 8vo and 12mo, cloth.

474. MADDEN (R. R.). Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington. Frontispieces. 3 vols., 8vo, half pigskin (worn), gilt tops. London, 1855

475. MAETERLINCK (MAURICE). The Buried Temple. N. Y. 1902; Intentions (Wilde), N. Y. 1905; Ninon de Lenclos, London, 1904; and others. 6 vols., 12mo and 8vo, cloth and paper.

476. MAHONY (FRANCIS). The Reliques of Father Prout. With illustrations by Daniel Maclise. 12mo, cloth. London, 1881

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Library of Old Author. Large Paper.

London, 1866

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480. MARBOT (BARON DE). Memoirs. Translated by Arthur J. Butler, 2 vols. London, 1892; The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Trevelyan), 2 vols. New York, 1877; Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV (Wilkins), New York, 1906. Together 5 vols., 8vo, cloth and half calf.

481. MARSHALL (ARCHIBALD). Abington Abbey; Exton Manor; The Honour of the Clintons; The Greatest of These; Sir Harry; and others. Together 11 vols., 12mo, cloth. New York, v. d.

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London: John Fairburn; John Cumberland; 1823-1828 FIRST EDITION. All the volumes have Cumberland's engraved titlepage, and the first two volumes have Fairburn's printed title.

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