HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 
From the Compromise of 1850 
By JAMES FORD RHODES 
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A SHORT HISTORY OF GERMANY 
By ERNEST F. HENDERSON 
A.B. (Trinity), M.A. (Harvard), Pxu.D. (Berlin) 
Author of ‘‘A History of Germany in the Middle Ages’’ 
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