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OF the sights OF Scotland.
Foreign scenery, indeed, enters largely into
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the FESTIVAL of Tapers" in an Italian church.
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Mrs. Oliphant contributes the first of her pa
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Der, story Of Egyptian life.
The series Talks with Girls is begun
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Rebecca Harding Davis furnishes one OF the
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A Great National Work.-The Centennial
History Of the United States, from the discoy-
| cry Of the American Continent to the close of
the First Century of American independence
By James ID. McCabe. Author Of "A Manual
Of General History "The Great Republic
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of the United States. 1t is no dry mass of de-
tails-no bombastic effort to infame the nation
rative of the events of our history from the dis
covery Of the American Continent down to the
present time. 1t traces the evidences of that
my sterious race, the first occupants of our
country, and gives . most interesting account
Of the Indians Of North America, from the time
of the coming of the white men. The voyages
Of Columbus, the explorations of the different
nations Of Europe and the final occupation and
conquest Of the land by England, are told with
graphic power.
Every step OF our colonial history is traced
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close Of that contest TO the commencement OF