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THE STUDENT {,

THE STUDENT,
A Family MisceUany and Monthly ScsooJ.6sader.
EDITED BY n. A. CALKINs.
THIS work has now entered upon it's Six Il Volume
i with more fattering prospects than ever before.
bjects-Physical Mora, and Intellectual improve
ment-have been so successfully carried out, as to
meet the unqualified appreciation Of it's thousands of
readers. Being SO arranged as to adapt it toevery
member of the family, from the child to the parents
it occupies broader field than any other Maazine
extant, and is emphaically THE FAMILY MISCELLANY.
THE SUBJECTS
Treated in its pages embrace The Sciences inclutine
important discoveries; History, with the leading
current events Of nations, countries and of individual
acts; Biography of distinguished persons, ILLUSTRATED
with portraits; Ndtsrdl HStO7V embracing descrip-
tions and illustrations Of Beasts Birds, Fishes, Insect
Trees, Plants, Fruits, and various productions Of nar
ture. These are enlivened, and rendered more inter
es6ng by pleasing facts, historical incidents, and illus
trat1ve anecdotes Besides all this, appropriate Musie
given, to gladden. the happy home with pleasant
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OUR MUSEUM
Is feature which attracts much attention from the
young and old. This is filed with mental curiosties
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ettres, and anecdotes. Among its varieties may be
seen origin Of WORDS Of sayings, questions from CORE
spondents, their answers, also engmss, puzzles wit,
and pebbles uncommon picked up along the shoses
reading. 3D..
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to each valuable moral lessons relating to habits
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raj lesson fact in history nature Teachers and
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be free from party and sectarian prejudices endeayor
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