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HARPERs MAGAZINE for January, 1870, con
tains Frederick the Great.--II. The Double
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Lady Fortune; Beast, Bird, and Fish, Paul
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Wife of John Carver; The Swift Messenger;
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TIE Galaxy for January contains; Susan
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Orthodoxy in England Ten Years in Rome
The Old Admiral. Put Yourself in His
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Story of the Powder Boat. In the Valley Of
the Shadow A Child's first sight Of Snow
A Monument of Trade. The pest of the Peri
3D. The Mullen that grows by Sudbury
Wood Poisoned Air. The Galaxy Miscela
NY. Drift wood. Literature and Art Neb-
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Beyond the Breakers. International Coinage.
Musings on an old Mansioa. Going an Err
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