The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-11


School. and S. A Lynch, teacher OF Eng
fish in the Central High School, Superior
Wis. Cloth. limo, 376 pages, with illus
trations. Price. $l.00. American Book
Company, New York. This book is the
outgrowth of experience and observation
in teaching English TO beginners. A num-
Der of selections are given from the lead
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restricted to allow of careful and
thorough study of the meaning and forms
of expression employed. The selections
chosen represent the principal forms both
of prose and poetry.
New Century Primar OF Hygiene"
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Price, 80 cents.
intermediate Physiology and Hygiene"
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'Inkognito," by Baldwin Groller and
"Cand. phil. Lauschmann' by P. Albers-
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The two stories contained I'm the volume
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THE Oedipus Tyrannus. of Sophocles."
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