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A NOVEL BY RUDVARD KIPLING, 



Written in collaboration with a young American author, Wolcott Balestier, and entitled " The 

 Naulahka," a tale of West and East. This begins in the November Century. 



THREE OTHER SERIAL STORIES 



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SHORT STORIES BY T. B. ALDRICH, 



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A NEW LIFE OF COLUMBUS. 



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THE WORLD'S FAIR AT CHICAGO, 



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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF EDGAR W. NYE. 



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