Middletown transcript., 1876-12-23
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scRIBNER's MONTHLY,
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Under the head of
FOREIGN TRAVEL, !"
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" NICHOLAS MINTURN,"
By DR.. HOLLAND, the Editor.
whose story of "Sevenoaks' gave the1 highest
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The scene Of this latest novel is laid on the
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man who has been always "tied to woman's 8
apron strings" but who, by the death of his
mother, is left alone in the world,-to drift
on the current of lifs,-with fortune, but
without purpose
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.sTbat Lass O. Lowrie's," by Mrs. HoDesoN
BURNETT. Mrs. Burnetts story, begun in
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HOME LIFE and TRAVEL"
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"Some Experiments in Cooperation" in the
November number, and "Toad Lane, Roch-
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