Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-25
THE STUDENT /:

A Fhmily Miscellany and Monthly School Reader.
EDITED BY N. A. CALKINS.
FTNHIS work has now entered upon its Sixth Volume
Il with more fattering prospects than ever before.
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