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ASIA. THE CRADLE OF HUMANITY. BY W J McGEE, VICE- page 

 PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY . 23i 



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THE OLD POST-ROAD FROM TIFLIS TO ERIVAN. BY ESTHER 



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MOUNT McKINLEY . .312 



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