Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-25
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structIve essay on Wordsworth"
Miss WOolson has q short story, THE
South Devil" which no lover Of good
short stories should miss. There Is
an unsigned paper well worth reading
on The Strong Government Idea"
There are, In addition to other poems
and essays, criticisms of Mr.. Fisk's
new Essays, Dickens Letters, and
varied collection of bright things in
the Contributors Club. An excellent
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Through Winding Ways" novel
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