Isobel Charman - The Zoo: The Wild and Wonderful Tale of the Founding of London Zoo

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Bells Weekly Messenger

Brighton Gazette

Chester, Cheshire and North Wales Advertiser

Evening Mail

Examiner

Hull Packet

Literary Gazette

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Morning Advertiser

Morning Post

New Monthly Magazine

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Saunderss Newsletter and Daily Advertiser

Sherbourne Mercury

Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier

Standard

The Times

Waterford Mail

Western Flying Post

Yeovil Times

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