Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-28

is valuable booklet and work of art.
The illustrations, which are in color,
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They are full page and include por-
trait of j. NJ. Barrie; Zone of Crom-
Russian ofiicer,n by II. q. Christy,
and "AtMountain Bugler,', by Ernest
Seton Thompson. These pictures are
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printers art. In Scripner's Magazine
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Tommy 1t is enough to say of the
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woman Theodore Rooseyelt's mono.
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/. 1.-The Times and the Man, 9. 1.-THE
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g. 1.-The Second Civil War and the
Death of the King L. s'The Irish and
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Richard Harding Davis will continue to
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Workers. will record his observations
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These and some minor changes of
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OF the Advance Of Astronomy" in the
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are now doing their deadly work in
war: "A Pathological Anarchist is
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Hubert S. Wynkoop. electrician to the
Department Of Municipal Lighting in
Brooklyn. gresillent Jordan, Of Stan