San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-11-27
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YOUNG FOLKS.
Attractions for 1es4-o.

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has grown familiar 10 hundreds Of thous-
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His One Fault serial story for boys,
by tho popular authorJ. Il. Trowbridge.
Personally Conducted. illustrated papers
on famous places in Europe. by Frank II.
Stockton.
Historic Girls companion series to
Historic Boys.' By. f. 3. Brooks.
Ready for Business suggestions to boys
about 10 choose an occupation, based on
personal interviews with prominent repre-
sontatives of various trades and professions.
by G. j. Manson.
Driven Back to Eden BY L. p. Roe.
Talks for Young Folks, a series of popu-
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Among the Law makers: recollections of
boy-page in the United States Senate, -
containing much political information, both
instructive and amusing. BY Edmund
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'Davy and the Goblin very funny ser
!al story by new writer, Charles CarryL
Shorts Stories by Louisa NJ Alcott.
The progress of Invention: From Pal
anquin to Parlor car From Cross'bow to
1O0-ton Gum etc. Descriptive papers by
Chas. l.. Bolton.
Art Work for Young Folks: papers on
decorative handicract, by Chas. q. Leland.
Sheep or Silver2' a story of Texan life.
By the Late Rev. VIM. M. Baker.
"A Garden of Girls being six short
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tales of Two Continents /: stories of ad-
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From Bach to Wagner; brief pointed BIZ
ographies of great musicians. BY Agatha
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Alice Wellington Rollins, G. b. Bartlett,
Harriet Prescott Spofford, Rev. Washington
GLADDEN., Julia Schayer, Anna Lee Merritt,
w. o. Stoddard, D. Ker, Ernest Ingersoll,
Clara e. Clement, Lieutenant Schwatka.
The Illustrations will be the work Of the
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