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    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)
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    People

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)
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    People, The Arts

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)

    Pepys's Ghost (1899)
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    Humour & Satire

    Pepys's Ghost (1899)

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia
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    Politics, Travel & Exploration

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)
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    The Arts, Language

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)

    Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)
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    Customs & Culture

    Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)

    Texts in Mathias Enard's Compass
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    People, Travel & Exploration, The 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Texts in Mathias Enard's Compass

    The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake (1765)
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    Politics, Travel & Exploration, Customs & Culture

    The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake (1765)

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)

    The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)
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    The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)

    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)
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    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)

    Letters to my sister of our experiences on our first trip to Europe, 1913
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    The 'Other', War

    Letters to my sister of our experiences on our first trip to Europe, 1913

    A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)
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    A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O'Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)
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    The Life and Adventures of James F. O'Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)

    The Book of Wonderful Characters (1869)
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    The Book of Wonderful Characters (1869)

    Conversations with Lord Byron (1824)
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    Conversations with Lord Byron (1824)

    The Hasheesh Eater (1857)
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    The Hasheesh Eater (1857)

    Extracts from the Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks (1769)
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    The 'Other'

    Extracts from the Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks (1769)

    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (1897)
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    Wisdom

    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (1897)

    Diary Days from Christmas Past
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Diary Days from Christmas Past

    Prison diary of Michael Dougherty (1908)
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    War

    Prison diary of Michael Dougherty (1908)

    The Memoirs of Count Boruwlaski (1820)
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    The Memoirs of Count Boruwlaski (1820)

    The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Delineation of Male and Female Characters, Ancient and Modern (1807)
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    People, Victorian

    The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Delineation of Male and Female Characters, Ancient and Modern (1807)

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