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ALICE

GRAND DUCHESS OF HESSE

PRINCESS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND LETTERS

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WITH PORTRAIT
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NEW YORK & LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press
1885

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Press of
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York
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Dedicated

TO

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE

AND TO

THEIR GRAND DUCAL HIGHNESSES

THE PRINCESSES

VICTORIA, ELIZABETH, IRÈNE, ALIX

OF HESSE AND BY RHINE

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