The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1860-01-12
Vol. XIV.
THE REVIEW.

ders, author Of The Lives and Times of the cbf ~
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given simple and lucid exposition of the min.
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true intent and meaning. The value of tho
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Geology for Teachers, Casses and Private S,ud....
BY Sanborn Tenney A. NJ, Lecturer on Pby.S.
Geography and Natural History in the Massaebp..r'
Teachers Institute illustrated by two hundred so,s
engravings. Philadelphia E. H. Butler Co ~
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the reader in possession of the most importar,
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yet all tributary to the general subject" W.
TIA
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Great Facts Popular History and Description NJ ,b
most remarkable Inventions during the present eep,,
~. BY Frederick C. Blackwell New York; u A.
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Evenings al the Microscope or Researches among N.
Minute Organs and Forms OF Animal Life By phil,
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Mr.. Gosse has long been known as a faithful
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tons. Microscopic research in itself is
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History of the Republic of the United STATES az traced
the Writings OF Alexander Hamilton, and of his Con
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In spite of the adverse criticisms shoWered
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and the comments accompanying them, form
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Among these New Miscellanies, "Chdk
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