Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-02-02
TaE STUDENT:

THE STODE Nj
A Fanaily Miscellany and Monthly School Reader.
EDITED BY n. A. CALKINS
'E'HIS work has now entered upon its Sixth Volume
i with more f1attering prospects than ever before.
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THE SUBJECTS
Treated in its pages embrace The Sciences. including
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acts; Biography of distinguished persons illustrated
with portraits; Ndtu al History embracing descrip-
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