The Westminster Review


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American Book Prices Current


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A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.




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Sinologists as Translators in the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries


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This collection of papers from the first and second international conferences with the above title explores why early sinologists chose certain works for translation in their particular historical contexts, how such works were interpreted, translated, or manipulated, and the impact they made, especially in establishing the discipline of sinology in various countries.




The Letters of George Henry Lewes


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The British Arboretum


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This study explores the science and culture of nineteenth-century British arboretums. These were fostered by a variety of factors: global trade and exploration, popularity of collecting, significance to the British economy and society, developments in science, changes in landscape gardening aesthetics and agricultural and horticultural improvement.