The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
THE FIELD OF LITERATURE.


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| THE AGE OF EIEcTRIc1TY By Park Benjamin,
| Phi. d. Charles Scribneris Sons, New York;
| the Bowen-Merril Company, Indianapolis.
Price, g.
| An exposition of the fundamental principles of
electricity it has been adapted to the uses of
the world The volume is literally illustrated
| and is valuable addition to current literature
on that subject.
How To STRENGTHEN THE MEMORY. Natural
and scientific methods of never forgetting. By
NJ L. Holbrook, NJ. .. NJ L. Holbrook 81
Co. New York; Yohn Brothers, Indianapolis.
A treatise on the best mode Of strengthening
or re-establishing the memory by easy and sim
pie methods, as devised by one who has gwen
the subject careful and scientific consideration.
THE NECKLACE OF PRINCESS FIoRIMoNDE, AND
OTHER STORIES. BY Mary DeMorgan. Illus
trations by Waiter Crane. Macmillan e. Co.,
London; The Bowen Merrill Company, Indian
apolis. Price, $125.
A collection of fairy stories intended for chill
dren, each with moral that may be pointed out
by older readers for the benefit Of the young. A
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ASTRONOMY BY OBSERVATION. An elementary
textbook for high-sehools and academies. By
Eliza A. Bowen. D. Appleton & Co. New
York; The Bowen Merrill Company. Indian
apolis.
An atlas of the heavens, with text and numer-
GUS maps accompanying the same a valuable
laid to the student and teacher of astronomy in
| Its simpler phases.
THE MAKING OF New ENGLAND. 15S0-1643. By
Samuel Adams Drake. Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York; the Bowen Merrill Company,
indianapolis. Price, so.
An illustrated textbook on the early settle
ment OF New England during the time between
the dates named.
A HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE From the
earliest period to the death of Demosthenes
| By Frank Byron Jevons, A. M. A companion
volume to History of Roman Literature.
Charles Scribners Sons, New York; the Bow
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$3.50.
The Two SPIEs-NATHAN HALE AND JOHN
ANDRE. BY Benson j. Losing. Illustrated
with pen-and-ink sketches by H. Rosa. Anna
Stewards monody on Major Andre. d. Apple
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POCKET ATLAS OF THE WORLD Colored maps
of each State and Territory in the United
States, with maps of all the grand divisions
of the world. Rand, McNally 81 Co., Chicago
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READINGS FROM MILTON. With an introduction
by Bishop Warren, of the Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church Chautauqua Library. Garnet series.
Chautauqua Press, Boston. Price, 70 cents.
SANTA BARBARA AND AROUND THERE Illus
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Indianapolis Price, Il cents.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN CoNsTITU-
TIoN. By Ambrose Tighe. Appleton & Co.,
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JOE WAYRING AT HOME; OR THE ADVENTURES
OF FLY. By Harry Castlemon. Porter &
Coates, Philadelphia; The Bowen Merrill Com
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LITTLE TU'PENNY A Tale. By S. Barring Gould
D. Appleton & Co, New York; the Bowen
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SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY Ruskin Anthology.
Compiled by William Sloane Kennedy. John
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RALEIGH. By Edmund Gosse. English Wor-
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the Bowen Merrill Company, Indianapolis
HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO. By
William FL. Prescott. John B. Alden, New
York. Two volumes, 1925 Vol IL
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL MIscELLAN1Es
BY William Fl. Prescott. John B. Alden. New
York. Price, Introductory, 40 cents.
GOLDEN MED1ooRITY By Eugene Hamerton
Roberts Brothers. Boston; the Boweu-Merrill
Company, Indianapolis. Price, 81.
FOOTPRINTS IN THE FOREST By Edward S. FL
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POEMS By William Fl. Samuel. From the
press of VIM. F. Fell & Co., 1920 SAMSON
street, Philadelphia
NATURE AND OTHER ADDRESSES. BY Ralph
Waldo Emerson John B. Alden, New York.
Price, % cents.
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