The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-15
Popular Tales, by Maria Edgeworth.
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Popular Tales, by Maria Edgeworth.
Hill original designs by Croome.
CoNTENTs.-M the Unlucky-Ihe Manu-
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'sThe writings of Maria Edgeworth have rarely
been approached, and none have excelled her. Her
stories so natural and told with such truth
fulness, that the reader becomes completely capt.
waited.
MORAL TALES-By MANIA EpoEwonTH. 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 or distorted no
tons of life-Maria Edgeworth is our author
Post
'sNo series Of tales have been 20 universally read
as the Moral Tales of Maria Edgeworth. They
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DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS, for the use OF
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Extract from he 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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