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| Title | Eastern Pilgrims: The Travels of Three Ladies ... |
| Author | Agnes Smith Lewis |
| Publisher | Hurst and Blackett, 1870 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 18, 2007 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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