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Title: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.

Author: Various

Release Date: December 25, 2008 [EBook #27611]

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BLACKWOOD'S
EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

NO. CCCLXI. NOVEMBER, 1845. VOL. LVIII.

CONTENTS.

THE STUDENT OF SALAMANCA. PART I., 521

HUMBOLDT, 541

HAKEM THE SLAVE, 560

THE LAY OF STARKATHER, 570

MOZART, 572

ACCOUNT OF A VISIT TO THE VOLCANO OF KIRAUEA, 591

THE DAYS OF THE FRONDE, 596

THE GRAND GENERAL JUNCTION AND INDEFINITE
EXTENSION RAILWAY RHAPSODY, 614

SKETCHES OF ITALY--LUCCA, 617

THE RAILWAYS, 633

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BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

No. CCCLXI. NOVEMBER, 1845. VOL. LVIII.

THE STUDENT OF SALAMANCA.

PART I.

"Espana de la guerra
Tremola la pendon."
_Cancion Patriotica._

It wanted about