Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-01-15
THE STUDENT
A Family Miscellany and Monthly SchooI-Reader.
EDITED BY n. A. CALKINS.

EDITED BY N. A. CALKINS.
'T1HIs work has new entered upon its Sixth Volume
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