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luz ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR August Is hv no
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oy magazine readers In summer Miss Preston
mas the place Of honor assigned To an agreeable
, LAY ON The Ar'huIiad' and TennysOn's use
thereof; anal Charles Dudley Warner in his dies.
vripuon oil "Jerusalem' succeeds in imparting
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ol sentiment, From the Purple Island "by Lucy
hien Guernsey Mr. William 4. Harris OF 81
Louis' discusses "The Division Of school Finds"
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