The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-08
ST. NICHOLAS

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Which opens with November, 1876, begins
A short and very entertaining serial from
the French, "TAe Kingdom OF the Greedy.D
q story adapted to the Thanksgiving season.
Anothers serial, Of absorbing interestto boys.
CHS OWN MASTER"
BY J. Il. Trowbridge,
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llVely sketches, poems and pictures for the
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OF Oriental sports, with drawings ySiamese
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"lHE BOYS OF MY BOYHOOD,"
by William Cullen Bryant;
The Horse Hotel" lively article, By
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'lhe Clock in the sky" by Richard A.
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leterhins' Christmas Tree by Lucreta
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10y Lucy Larcom, with pictures.
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