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In addition to the artistic illustrations of our two hundred typical 

 species of birds of the world, the work contains drawings of, first, the 

 skeleton of a bird ; second, a bird's wing ; third, the position and form 

 of the feathers ; fourth, the terminology of a bird, and including a 

 copious text embracing the general outlines of the Science of Orni- 

 thology with the classification of the birds of the world, as adopted by 

 Dr. Brehm, for many years Superintendent of the Zoological garden at 

 Berlin, fully describing each of these in detail. 



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The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus 



By HARRY HAKES, M.D. 



The preface of the author of this interesting book is concise and 

 to the point, and tells in a few words its scope and aim: "that the mass 

 of mankind in this hurrying age will neither purchase, peruse, nor pos- 

 sess the extensive literature pertaining to the ' Discover}' of America ' ; 

 then he hopes the following pages may be found to contain a suffi- 

 ciently full historical statement, to elucidate the great event. 



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 "An interesting book and a decided step in the right direction." 



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The English Rediscovery andColonuation of America 



By JOHN B. and' MARIE A- SHIRLEY 



The authors trace the discovery of America from its earliest be- 

 ginnings, in a series of chapters embracing the Norse Discovery, a de- 

 piction of the motives and results of the voyages of Columbus, and the 

 actual discovery of North America by John and Sebastian Cabot, show- 

 ing how these various events were mutually inter-related, and how the 

 last named led to the existence of the present United States of America. 



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