The National tribune., 1894-01-18
RECENT LITERATURE.

THE LITTLE LADY OF LAGUNITAS By
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This is story of absorbing interest,"" says
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| THE BOOK OF THE FAIR. Published By the
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| Price 81 q part. Part Nine is ready.
Each successive number of The Book Of the
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such, while avoiding too lengthy description,
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PRACTICAL HYGIENE. By @. Gilman CurrieT,
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Though intended for physicians and special
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authority. as he is visiting physician to New
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PRISONERS OF THE EARTH. By H. D. Lowry,
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This is a collection of stories which have
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written. but most of them deal with rather do
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ADIRONDACK READINGS. BY Edward sher-
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This neat little volume of verse has a prolog
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Magazines and Notes.
Among the many admirable features of the
Cosmopolitan for January a story by Paul
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