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THn BOSTON ALMANAC



MILL be published about the LIST Of Dec II
w will be printed upon Aew type, and contan'
more pages than my previous number Beautiful
ly bound in cloth, and gilt
1T WILL CONTAIN
A new aud accurate MAP OF the vicinity Of Bos.
ton. embracing a distance Of is or 20 miles round
ihr city, Long Pond, and the whole line Of the
A1ueduct are delineAted upon il. The oatsido
towns on the Map, arc Hull, Cohasset, bingham,
Weymouth, Braintree Canton. Dedham, Medford,
Sherburne, Birmingham. Sudbury, Concord, Ac-
ton, Carlisle, Billericn, Wilmington, Danyers, Bev
erly and Marblehesd, All the islands in the har
Dor areset down. The Watering Places-Phillips'
Beach Nahant Bay and Beach, Nahani Chelsea
Beach, etc. VIA
An improved. set Of CALENDAR PAGES, cal
culated by Prof Pierce, Of Cambridge. The oaien-
dar pages arc accompanied by short description
Of the appearance Of the Heavens on the 10Th OF
cach mouth. Opposite 70 each calendar page there
i hei.L fassa Ea- saasaarandnins cfsntainne q
blank line and date for every day in the month
These ltHogandd Pagcs arc Of great convenience
to an individual or for the Of a family, in max
ing memorandum from day 10 day.
The BUSINESS DIRECTORY Of the city Of
Boston, corrected and enlarged This Directory
exhibits all trades business and professions rndcr
their appropriate heads; that is, under the head
Apoihecures, will be found the names Of all persons
engaged in that business under the head of Bakers,
the names and places Of all engaged in that busi-
ness and so on to the end Of the alphabet. This
document Is one Of greas usefulness to the citizen,
and of still greater Importance to persons in the
country here they have laid before them the KEY
TO the whole business population Of the metropolis.
i occupies about 60 closely printed pages Of the
Almanac.
An interesting historical account or the PUBLIC
SCHOOLS Of Boston. This article has been pre-
pared with great care and much research by Isaac
Shepard, Esq, Principal Of the Otis School. It
embraces the subject from that period Of time when
Public Schools were first thought Of by our forefa.
theirs, and traces it up, In Its growth, from that
time to the present 1t is deeply interesting and
occupies 36 pages Of the Almanac. An ENGRAV~
ED VIEW Of each Of the Public Schools Is given,
and two views Of Model Primary Schools, which
have been erected within the past year or two.
Some account Of A WINTER PASSED IN
FLORIDA, by an invalid in hopes Of being restor-
ed TO health. His experience given, which may be
of great convenience to those intending to visit that
region for a similar purpose. Accompanying this
article, the writer has prepared a set Of Wealth
Err TABLES showing the temperature in Jack
sonvillc, Fla and Boston, for one year. To the
curious in such matters, T. s thought these tables
will be very interesting
A Table Of the 772 Streets, Places and Alleys in
the city of Boston, giving the beginning and termi-
Of each and the location Of the places and
alleys. With this table the stranger can find any
street ia the city.
A list of 227 EXPRESSES that leave Boston
daily sem-weekly aud weekly
list Of the RAILROADS diverging from Bos-
ton, and a list of the Branch Roads running from
the Boston Roads.
These are the principal features Of the Boston
Almanac for 1919. But il embraces great varis-
ty Of other matters useful and entertaining to the
reader,
This Almanac contains TWO HUNDRED aud
| TWENTY closely printed pages. The quantity
of matter is greater than that found in ordinary
svo of 500 pages. The octave volume would sell
/ for two or three dollars For the Almanac the
| price /. only TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per single
copy. BY wholesale, very liberal discount is
made
Orders sent to AIcssrs b. B. MUSSEY s CO..
20 Conlhill, and to Mr. THOMAS GROOM, 81
State Street. Publishers, will meet with immediate
attention.
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