Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-26


Westh Having. from the Panty. Boston
p Lothrop Company publishers. Price
ei.00.
No juvenile writer has won . more de-
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latess collection Of her charming little stories
shs sppsafs It her very best. II 10 dainty
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Hubert Hove Bancroft Of the Bancroft
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Fair" magnificent epi.ouis Of the Colum-
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memoir Published by Harper and Brothers
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| Chilhowee Boys. by Sarah +. Morrison.
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| This il n strong, heIpful story, graph
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.se. and gives vivid and exceed
iogly interesting narrative of from
tier life in the early days of that state. The
characters are admirably drawn and there
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| Dick and Joe. or Two of Kind by Mary
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| favor Of the young readers for whom II is
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A Native Of Windy and other Tales, by
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40 Justly popular are sho~n here to excel
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Immortelles. selections from the vritinss
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