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Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913
Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
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