Catalog Record: An interesting companion for a leisure hour : or, an historical, geographical, and chronological compendium : containing a brief but comprehensive history of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Holland : together with a variety of curious articles, both miscellaneous and masonic, not generally known | Hathi Trust Digital Library

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