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T HE CENTURY 



For 1882-83. 



The twelfth year of this magazine — the first 

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A NEW NOVEL BY W. D. HO WELLS, to suc- 

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 an internat'onal story, entitled "A Sea Change." 



LIFE IN THE THIRTEEN COLONIES, BY 

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A NOVELETTE OF MINING LIFE, BY MARY 

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THE POINT OF VIEW, BY HENRY JAMES, 

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 its people, society, manners, railroads, etc. 



THE CHRISTIAN LEAGUE OF CONNECTICUT, 

 by the Rev. Washington Gladden. An account of 

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 how a league was furmed in a small town in 

 Connecticut, what kinds of work it attempted, 

 and how it spread throughout the whole State. 



"RUDDER GRANGE ABROAD," by Frank R. 

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THE NEW ERA IN AMERICAN HOUSE- 

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THE CREOLES OF LOUISIANA, by Geo. W. 

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MY ADVENTURES IN ZUNI, by Frank H. 

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MISSIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, by 

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