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with what is doing for the advancement of 

 biological evolution. 



Moore's Rural Life. An Illustrated Jour- 

 nal for Suburban, Village, and Country 

 Homes. Conducted by D. D. T. Moore. 

 24 pages ; $1.50 per year. 34 Park 

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The " Rural New-Yorker," an excellent 

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 the ideal of what the succeeding numbers 

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Report on Life-saving Apparatus. Made 

 by Lieutenant D. A. Lyle, Ordnance 

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 Washington : Government Printing-Of- 

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The life-saving apparatus, with which 

 this report is concerned, are mainly guns 

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 from such vessel to the land. Numerous 

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 Lieutenant Lyle, with different kinds of 

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 full detail, will doubtless tend to increase 

 the efficiency of our life-saving stations. 

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A Treatise on Chemistry. By H. E. 

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We spoke of the character of this elab- 

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Thf Art of Questioning. By Joshua G. 

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This is the abridged form of a little work 

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