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Extract from the American Journal of Education,
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y have peruscd the Improved Reader, which you
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From the North American Review
.Wi,hout intending to make any invitlious compar.
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Lessons in Greek Pz-sin- or Outlines or Greek
G'amner-Designed as an Int reduction to the stu,ii
ct tue Greek Grammar, by c. A. Goodrich, Professor
oi rhetoric and Oratory i'm Yale College.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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Messrs. Durrie and peck-In compliance with your
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