The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-04-23

| A laboratory Manual in Practical Botony.- BY
Charles H Clark, A. NJ, D. &C., Principal OF
| Windsor Hall School, Waban, Mass. Cloth. 12mo
| 271 pages Illustrated. Price SO CENTS American
Book Company. New York, Cincinnati, and Chi
! cago The course OF botanical study here out
| lined is intended to give the student genera
view of the subject, and at the same time to lay
| foundation upon which more advances studies
may be built. The central object Is the study o.
the life histories of plants; their modes of repro
! duction, manner of life etc.
A study OF English words. By J. Nj. Anderson.
Cloth. 12mo, l1s pages. Price 10 cents. Amer
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Chicago. The purpose of this book is to furnish
II form suitable for school or private studys
urinary of the most important facts relating to
the English language, with special reference to
| the growth and change Of English words It il
based on standard authorities and embodies the
most recent and authoritative results in the study
of pbology The plan OF the book is simple and
the study is made interesting and attractive, a.
| we'll as instructive. q .~"
G:ories from the Arabia: Nlgnrs selected Id
edited by M. Clarke. Linen, limo. ri pages.
Illustrated. Price, 60 cents. American Book
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| What has long been needed-a selection of the
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The story of Japan, BY R. Van Bergen, NJ. A.
Cloth. 12mo, 294 pages, American Book Company
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago, Our books
| on geography and history touch butlightly on the
Japanese Empire, though it. is now reckoned
among the foremost nations Of the earth. This
! book has been written to give children a correct
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| which led to Its wonderful progress in the past
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Japanese history OF the past. the steps which led
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peculiar features and conditions of the present
government, etc. -
Applied Physiology for Advanced Grades.
Includidg the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics
BY Fsank Overton. A. NJ, NJ. D.. Late House
Surgeon to the City Hospital, New York Cloth.
IL mo, 43? pages. With Illustrations and Da-
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and all the process of human action. This is
| the keynote Of the treatment throughout tne
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Baldwin's School Readers, or School Reading BY
Grades. By James Baldwin, Phi. D Editor, OF
''Harper's Readers;" author Of 'Old Greeks Stor-
les, - ''Old Stories of the East The Book
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