A first-edition copy of Scott's "Waverley" was sold for £200 at Sotheby's. A copy of Shelley's "Address to the Irish People," published in Dublin in 1812, realised £140. A first edition of Shelley's "Queen Mab" sold for £120, •and a fine copy of "Gulliver's Travels" in two volumes, dated 1726, was purchased by Mr. Smith, of-' New York', for £250. 'Mid llio strife of political parties, And the struggle for office and sway, 'Tis Consoling to find one conviction enshrined In tho homes of Australia to-day. 'Tis a fnith on experience founded, A belief, which through all will endure, A bliss to possess such a boon in distress, As Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, -Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2254, 14 September 1914, Page 3
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114Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2254, 14 September 1914, Page 3
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