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Winrin: “Pr ElepGes: Ag ROSEMONT. ..........:.- By Harold Donaldson Eberlein AII 
I TO CRSTROSSS. e188 of bat ek ooh ir Ca i a By Agnes Boss Thomas 416 
EUNERIOUP SHU WIODPPS i i. soto. es wu sie eos ee oad: By Robert H. Van Court 420 
J \KVASISC) SOLOISTS “SH OI10) (Ol te aa ea a By Katharine Lord 423 
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A oust ar Newron, MASsACHUSETTS........:..-..+-+.: By Mary H. Northend 428 
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