The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-05-13
THE APREAL a NAT1oNAL AT AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
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Anthony Hopes new romance. "The Countess
Emilia, /" beginning IN the May Ladies' Home Jour
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authors admirers in this country. In the very
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Professor John Fiske in the April Atlantic
treats the ever engrosstng question o: the Myst-
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people.
The May Atlantic opens with an article upon
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de R. Walker, who discusses the management Of
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fc colonies Of England, their methods Of govern
mental loans, their indeptness, their banking
deoosits and tax regulations, and their relief and
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