The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-03
Popular Tales, BY Maria EdgewOrth.
ItIth original designs bu Croome.

HIh original designs by Crooms
CoNTENTs.-Murad the Unlucky-1he Manu-
facturcrs-The Contrast-The Grateful Negro-To-
morrow-One vol. l6mo Price rs cents.
'sThe writings of Maria Edgeworth have rarely
been approached, and none have excelled her. Her
stories natural and are told with such truth
funess, that the reader becomes completely capt.
waited
MORAL TALES-By MARIA EpeEwoRTH. En-
bellished with original designs by barley. Price
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eff we wished TO do young person good while
offering amusement, to improve the heart while
engaging the attention, and to give him or her
little books which convey no false distorted mo-
tons of life-Maria Edgeworth is our author
Post
''No series of tales have been so universally read
as the Moral Tales of Maria Edgeworth. They
will live IA i@"e 90 the ENGLISH language is in ex
MAMMALS BIBLE STORIES FOR HER LITTLE
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| FANNY AND HER MAMMA; or Easy Reading
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DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS, for the use of
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out of the loose and dangerous sonnets OF the age
Extract from The Author's Preface.
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, A Remembrance
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THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE DESCRIBED;
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perhaps modern writer has done more good
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