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Nineteenth Century English Ceramic 

 Art. Boston. By J. F. Blacker. 1911. 

 8vo. 531 pp. Price $3.50 net. 

 This beautiful book contains 96 pages of 

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The Life of James McNeill Whistler. 

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The Pennell "Whistler" has had a large 

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Oxford Gardens. Based upon Daubeny's 

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 Oxford. By R. T. Giinther, M. A. Fellow 

 of Magdalen: Marshall & Company, 

 MCMXII. Cloth, 16mo. XV, 280 pages. 

 The gardens of England are so well de- 

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 Mr. Giinther and these include all kinds of 

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