The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
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Third Year In French. BY L. G. Syms, Bache
lier es Lettres, Licencie en- Droit de L'Univers,e
de France, author OF First Year in French" aud
Second Year In French" Linen, 12mo, 8i4 pages
Price $40. American Box Company New Y, rk
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French, intended to meet oil the requirements OF
preparatory schools. academies and colleges.
Every number Of the Atlantic Monthly contains
an article on some large educational subject, hav
ng to do not with the technical OF professional
aspects of educational work so much as with .ar-
ger problens,- with aims and methods and the
relation Of the school to the community. OF this
kind were Superintendent Shearer's "Lock-steE
of the Pubic Schools" and Mr.. Frederick Bnrk'e
Training of Teachers"
The Story Of the Romans. BY H. A. Cue, oe..
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history the great events with which their Names
will forever stand connected,
The Students Manual nj Physics. For the
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The New Year number of Cooley Magazine
presents an unusually full table Of contents, with
manv special features. BY a change in its make
up Godey's now gives its readers fourteen pages
more reading matter than in the past, The lead
ing fiction piece is new serial by Stanley Ed
wards johnson, The Whipped Maid Of Nan
tucket,'' which begins in this issue, and is tale
ofimmense interest, dealing with the loves. avar
ice and hidded treasures Of characters drawn
from history.
Gems of School song. Selected and edited by
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Anoteworthy article upon The capture Of Gov
eminent by Commercialism, ~ Johu Jay Chap
man, opene the February Atlantic Mr. Chapman
believes that recent misgoverament in the United
States is but chapter in the history Of com
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salient fact Is the growth and concentration Of
capital; how capital has contributed to and sup
ported both political parties alike, for its own
and has thereby caused and stimulated
the rise and growth Of political "bosses.''
The features which WILL attract all lovers OF
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the French attack upon the island, The move
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es strong interest IN what is to follow.
andnook of Greek and Roman History. g
George Castegnier, BIS. B.L: Flexible cloth
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ancient history which every scholar ought to
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