Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-11-05
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~. piy and the Captain.
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VI. y six months story little to be an
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\ Cyclc Of Children
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Master >audys Christmas >napdragon. Dec
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Mistress Margery'- New Year. Pin-Moncy
January. 800.
Mr.. Pepy'- Valentine. February. lGG0.
Thu Last Of the Grenadines. March, 1888.
DiccGn aud the Wise Foo- Of Gotham.
April. 1915.
The Lady Octayis's Garland. NAV. Isl
stories Of American Wars.
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warfare- The first six are:
The Light OF hey Biscayne.
joel jack-on's smack.
4 Rev olutiouary Turncost.
How Daniel Abbott Outwitted the In
dian>.
In the Turtle Crawl.
The Bny-soders Of Cherry Valley.
In Peril.
4 romantic dozen Of adventures. but all
strictly true. The first six are:
Saved by Kite.
Taz Taz.
In a Mica Mine.
The Life Trail.
The ' armint that Runs on the "IIeigh- Ho ."
4 Strange Prison.
Youth in Twelve Centuries.
a beautiful arr feature. Twenty-four superb
studio, OF race-types and national costumes by
+. Chide Ha>sam, with text by NJ. +. b.
Fireplace Stories.
Thi- article will be q notable feature OF the
Christmas number. The rich illustrations in-
cluie glimpses of Holland. Assyria, Persia
Moorish spain and New England. with two
paintings in clay modelled expressly for Wide
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L'enfant Terrible Turk. By Hon. S. :. Cox,
[. :. Minister TO Turkey.
The Princess Pocahonil> in England. By Mrs
RAYMOND Blathwayte. Illustrations include
portrait from painting never before engraved
Autographs and Autograph Hunters. BY
Nora Perry. Raey and amusing.
\ Grand Peace-meet. By VIII 2. Hooper
An imposing Indian Ceremony; with many
pictures by the author
A Sixteenth Century SchooIboy. ByAppleton
Morgan. The life Of a lad in Shakespeare's
time.
Ny first Buffalo Hunt. BY Gen. John c.
Fremont
Through the Heart of Paris. By Frank 7.
Merrill; pen and pencil record Of trip
down the Seine.
The Dumb-Betty Lamp. BY Henry Bacon.
Hitherto untold incidents in connection with
''Floyd Ireson's Ride"
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The Deacon's Little Mid. ballad Of early
New England. By Mrs. A. ID. 7. whitney
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The Story Of the Cheyaer. A ballad OF the
wars of Maria Theresa. BY Mrs. Harriet
Prescott spoford. illustrations by Z. H.
Garrett.
The Minute Man. A ballad of the "Shot
heard round the World" BY Margaret
Sidney. illustrations by Hy. Sandman.
The Hemlock Tree. A ballad of Maine
settlement. By Lucy LarcOm. illustrations
by Edmund ii. Garrett.
The Children's Cherry Feast. A ballad Of
the HUSTLE War. By Nora Perry. Illus
trations By George Foster Barnes.
Little Alix.- A ballad of the Chldren's
Crusade. BY Susan Coolidge. Illustrations
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