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TENTH VOLUME OF THE
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ON the FIRST Of July 1897 commenced the tenth volume
~ OF the Knickerbocker or New York Monthly Maya
zne The publishers, mindful Of the iavor WIN when
their efforts have been received the hands OF the public
would embrace the recurrence Of new starting Poin as
IL occasion look backward and forward at The pas'
and prospective character and course Of their periodical
Within the brief space Of little than two years and
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said that has always exceeded the maximum PROMISED
and in the numbers for the last year. by more than four
hundred pages OF the ceamess and beauty OF the Typo
graphical execution and material OF the knickerbocke
and the character OF its embelshments-whch, although
expected by its readers, promised by us propne
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