Front matter

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The Rush for the Gold-fields.

the Romance of Industry and Invention

SELECTED BY

ROBERT COCHRANE

EDITOR OF

'GREAT THINKERS AND WORKERS,' 'BENEFICENT AND USEFUL LIVES,' 'ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS,' 'RECENT TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE,' 'GOOD AND GREAT WOMEN,' 'HEROIC LIVES,' &C.

PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1897

Edinburgh: Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited.