Autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk: Containing Memorials of the Men and Events of His Time |
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| Title | Autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk: Containing Memorials of the Men and Events of His Time |
| Author | Alexander Carlyle |
| Editor | John Hill Burton |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Nov 23, 2005 |
| Length | 471 pages |
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