Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-27
Spirit Of gtffersolr.
Charlestown, JEFFERSON county, West Va.
TUEsDlT MORNING. MAI q. 1919.
BOOK NOTICES.


l--CYcLpPEDIA OF LrTERATURE.~It will be well
come news to all lovers of good literature that
the news- beautiful and marvellous cheap Acme
edition of Chambers Cyclopedia of English
Literature is to be completed on June 1st.-
Volume ~ is just issued, and the remaining
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deserves the sale itlias obtained of nearly 1O0,-
| 600 volumes already. and ought to attain, as it
probably will, to round million. The price,
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Cooley opens with steel plate by barley. that
win forcibly suggest to mammas to keep base
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''The Rosebud Garden of GIRLS" is continued
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seasonable upon gardening, by the eminent tlo.
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