The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-10-08

The Story OF the Chosen People. BY h.
Guerber, author Of Myths Of Greece and Rome
etc. Cloth, limo, $40 pages, illustrated: Price.
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CINCINNATI, and Chicago. In this little volume
The story of tho Chosen People or Hebrews is told
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Greeke and of the Romans by the same autho:.
A Brief German Grammar. By Hjalmer Edgren
Ph. D., aud Lawrence Fossler. A. NJ. Of the Uni
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Price, rs cents American Book Company, New
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the basis of systematic knowledge Of it's gram .
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and practical, and arms to give the beginner an
Intelligent knowledge of the language at the
earliest possible moment.
A Laboratory Manual in Practical Botany. BY
Charles b. Clark. A. NJ, D. Sc, Principal OF
Windsor Hall School, Waban, Mass. Cloth 12mo,
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The Story Of the English. By H. H. Guerber
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In this book the author describes the leading
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~ The Lincoln Literary Collection, designed 70 r
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American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati
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The Atlantic continues to do yoeman service
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Plato's Apology of Socrates, Cr,ro ana parr OF
the Phaedo, with Introduction Commentary. and
Critical Appendix. BY Rev. c. L.. Kitchel. ii. A.
Instructor in Greek in Yale University. Flexible
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Natural Advanced Geography by JACQUES W,
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Large quarto 160 pages with numerous illuS,r:-
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Of ffteen-a committee consisting of leading edu-
GATORS together with several Of the best known
geographers of the country. The result has been
. book that is systematic and practical study Of
man In relation to his environment
Short Course in Natural Music by Frederick
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