San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-19
THE CENTURY
For l886-97.

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reaching and sometimes exceeding two hun
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its many attractions for the coming year is II
serial which has been in active preparation
for sixteen years. II is a history OF our own
country in its most critical time, As set forth in
THE LIFE or LINCOLN,
BY MS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES, JOHE 6.
NICOIAY AND col JOHN hay.
This great work, begun with the sanction OF
President Lincoln, and continued under the
authority OF his son, the Hon. Robert 1. Lin
coin is the only full and authoritative record
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of Office. and to them were IraUsierrrl upon
LncOlns death all his private papers. Here
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THE WAR SERIES,
which has been followed with unhagrug ~
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will be described by Gen. Hunt tChici of the
Union Artillery, Gen. LpnEstreCt, Gen. T.. NJ.
Law, and others; ChiCkamHuga, by Gen. ID. H.
Hill; Shcrmans March to the Sea. by Generals
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VIM F Smith, John Gibbon. Horace Porter
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THE Hundrrth Man." novel by Frank X
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Uncle knmus," Julian Hawthorne, Edward
EgglestOn, and other prominent American
authors will be printed during the year.
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Labor Problem; English CathGdTaIs; DR.. Egg
lCstOn'S Religious Life in the American Colo
MES Men and Women Of Queen Anne's Reign,
by Mrs Oliphant; CarvOyanCc. SpiritUalism,
AStrOlOgy, etc, by the Rev. J. VI. Buckley, ID.
D., editor of tho Christian Advocate; aStrUnO-
mical papers; articles throwing light on Bible
history, etc
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