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Title: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 76, No. 468, October, 1854

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Release date: January 4, 2025 [eBook #75032]

Language: English

Original publication: en: William Blackwood & Sons, 1854

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BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
No. CCCCLXVIII.      OCTOBER, 1854.      Vol. LXXVI.

CONTENTS.

Speculators among the Stars.—Part II., 371
King Otho and his Classic Kingdom, 403
Student Life in Scotland.—Part II., 422
Civilisation.—The Census, 435
A Russian Reminiscence, 452
Records of the Past.—Nineveh and Babylon, 458
The Opening of the Ganges Canal, 475
The Uses of Beauty, 476
Spanish Politics and Cuban Perils, 477
EDINBURGH:
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, 45 GEORGE STREET,
AND 37 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON;
To whom all communications (post paid) must be addressed.
SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.