The Portland daily press., 1896-11-21

/ powerful in the universe" "Thera q
nothing that can stand before this won.
derful transmitting power of love- TIE
author divides his theme. which ia snir-
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the Application. the Unfoldment tho
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ers of the light. Boston: George H.
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Friar Gerome's Beautiful Book by
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by W. S. Hadaway. The old legen DIS of
doing the duty that lies nearest, ami fore
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| Friendly Letters to Girl Friends by
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who first saw the sea exclaiming 81
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Mere Literature and Other Essays by
Woodrow Wilson, Professor in Princeton,
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away the impression that the author
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what he urges in bespeaking the study
Of English writing at it's purest sources
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No one is better equipped than Mrs.
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