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THE STORY OF MALTA
BY
MATURIN M. BALLOU
"This precious stone set in the silver sea"
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1893
Copyright, 1893,
By MATURIN M. BALLOU.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.
PREFACE.
Perhaps the strongest recommendation for faithful books of travel liesin the fact that intelligent people consult the best maps while perusingthem, and thus familiarize themselves with important facts in geography.Such books are especially advantageous to the young, too many of whomare inclined to neglect this all-important branch of education. AlthoughMalta appears upon the map as a mere speck, on account of itssuperficial area b
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