Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24
A Great Historical Work.
EMBRACING


Full and Authentic Accounts or Every Ma
ton of Ancient and Modern Times. Show
ing the Causes of their Prosperity and
Decline, and Including Full and Com
prehensivc History OF the Rise and Fall
OF the Greek and Roman Empires, the
Growth Of the Nations of Modern Eu-
rope, the Middle Ages, the Crusades, the
Feudal System, the Reformation, the Dis
coyery and Settlement Of the New World,
ETC., Etc, With Sketches of the Leading
Characters in the Worlds History.
By JAMES d. McCABE,
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