Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-06-09
Litteil,S Living Age.

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think 1t good enough, make use of the thunder
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by lmpofatlons from the continent of Europe,
and from the new growth Of the British colo
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rsl ~ CAMBRIDGE, April "a, 1914.
l have lead the Prospectus with great pleas
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ana character JOSEPH STORY.
New YORK, 18th Nav, 1914
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ing Age" and if it be conducted with the intel
ligence spirit and taste that the Prospectus in
dicates, (of which | have no reason to doubt, !
1t will be one of the most instructive and popl-
lar periodicals Of the day. JAMES KENT.
WASHINGTON, 9th Dec, 1915.
OF all toe periodical Journals devoted to lite
nature and science which abound in Europe, and
in this country, this has appeared to me the
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guage but this, by its immense extent of com
prehension, includes portraiture of the human
mind, in the utmost expansion Of the present
/ age. J. O. ADAMS