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T^HF CIVIL WAR. By Manha J. Lamb. In her 

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 the study of our country's history ; and as a series of 

 articles relating to the Civil War, are now appearing in 

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 PILGRIMS AND SHRINES. By Eliza Allen Starr, 

 author of the well known book bearing that name, 

 and one of the foremost art critics of this country. 

 pHEMISTRY. By F. A Holton, B.S., Professor 

 ^ in Cornell University Laboratory. 

 UIOLOGY. By Herbert W. Conn, Ph.D., Instructor 

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 JOURNALISM. By Frank D. Smith, Editor of the 

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PINANCE. By H. K. Amistrong, Cashier Penn Yan 

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HISTORY OF POETRY, By Anna L. Ward, Edi- 

 tor "Hoyt and Ward's Cyclopedia of Quotations," 

 " Bohn's Dictionary of Quotations," etc. 



t^ACET^E. By Prof. N. K. Royce, author of a 

 " Manual of English Literature," etc. 

 HISTOY OF ROME. By Martha A. Bortle, Lady 

 Principal, Clinton Liberal Institute. 



PREEK LITERATURE. By Julia H. Thayer, 

 ^ Professor of Ancient Literature in the Chicago Fe- 

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PERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 

 ^ By Elise Piutti, Instructor in the German Language 

 and Literature in Wells College. 



'■PRIGONOMETRY. By Priscilla H. Braislin, A.M., 

 ^ Professor of Mathematics in Vassar College. 



PRACTICAL SURVEYING. By Prof. Charles Lee 

 -*■ Crandall, C.E., of Cornell University. 

 UOTANY. By William C. Peckham, A.M., Professor 

 -L' of Physics and Botany in Adelphi Academy. 



MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY. By Carl Leo 

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 University. 



yHE BOOK HUNTER. By John H. Woods, of 

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CANSKRIT. l3y Levi PI. Ewell, A.M., Professor 

 ^ of Greek and Sanskrit, Amherst College. 



HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE, By Prof. D. E. 

 Lautz, of the Kansas State Agricultural College. 

 HISTORY OF FRANCE. By Mrs. Ellen K. 

 Hooker. 

 ENGLISH GRAMMAR. By George Selby, A.M., 

 Supt. of Public Schools, Carthage, 111. 



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