The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-24
THE FIELD OF LITERATURE.


croft. Volume ~. ID. Appleton & Co., New
$3.50.
This volume treats of what the author is
pleased to designate the third l. of the five epochs
into which he divides the history of this coun'
try, from liza to 1776, including the eliminating
results Immediately preceding the formal declara,
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est history of the United States yet written.
LIFE AND Poems OF THEODORE WINTHROP. Ed
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Price, $3.50.
1t will not be asked who Theodore Winthrop
was. The biography here given the public was
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EEaLIsH COMO DRAMATgsTs. Edited BY Oswald
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Of the parchment library, a binding at once
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Excerpts are given from Shakespeare, Ben Jon.
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burgh, Colley Cibber, Congreve, Addison, Gold.
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DARwINIsM STATED BY DARWIN HIMSELF. By
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The author has simplifed Darwin by collect
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be found. The work is calculated to save the
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meat of Darwinism without reading all of Oar
wins works.
ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. By Emile de
Laveleye. Translated by Alfred W. Pollard, b. A.,
Oxon., with Introduction and supplementary chap
ter, by F. w. Taussig, of Harvard. G.. p. Put
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The numerous works of this able and prolific
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is a valuable addition to the worlds literature on
the important topic of which it treats.
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. With preface and
notes by Austin Dobson d. Appleton & Co. New
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FARM CONTINGENCIES. A Practical Handbook fi
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PROTECTION TO YOUNG INDUSTRIES. By 7. w.
Taussig, Phi. D., Harvard College. G. P. Putnam's
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A favorable consideration of this question az
applied to the United States, having been writ
ten originally in competition for the Lapham
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HOUSEHOLD C%oNvENIENoEs. The Experience Of
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FLOWERS AND THEIR PEDIGREE. By Grant Allen.
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A collection of essays appearing originally ir
several of the English magazines, and now col
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HAND-BooK OF TREE PLANTING. By n. H. Egleston.
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A practical hand book by the chief of the for
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Washington, on why to plant, where to plant,
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