The Portland daily press., 1897-03-15
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cIepaedia
At About Your Own Price,

Everyone who has had occasion to
consult the cum bersome old encyclopae.
dias for some needed information et1ectu
ally concealed in some long article, will
be glad to know of the appearance OF q
new general reference work built along
different lines SO that any child who car
read may successfully consult it.
Such work is The New STANDARD
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auarto volumes, and which embraces the
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ers of the STANDARD American have
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There are over 8, 500 illustrations, which
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pris8s 1t also contains over 300 colored
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stitutes complete atlas Of the world
dertakeH TO present. This feature will
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anrfsz ~ fni1inc f,,1o
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