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International studio — 39.1909/​1910(1910)

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Nr. 153 (November 1909)
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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19868#0031

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THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO

II

DR. JOHNSON AND MRS. THRALE

By A. M. BROAD LEY Introductory monograph by Clement K. Shorter

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,. The whole of the material included in this volume is practically new and consists of
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Johnson and the Thrales in 1774, and numerous unpublished letters to and from Mrs.
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MARIA EDGEWORTH AND HER CIRCLE IN
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