Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-02-07
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THE STUDENT
A Family Miscellany and Monthly School Reader.
EDITED BY N. A. CALKINS.
fTNHIS work has now entered upon its Sixth Volume
l. with more hattering prospects than ever before.
Its obectsPhysical Moral and Intellectual improve
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