The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-02-07

useful information it contains. the book
is especially adapted for students from its
unusually wide range Of words, CONSISTING s lg
been restricted to proper names and ex-
pressions for which dictionaries could not
suggest a ready explanation, but the vo-
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OLD PLANTATION DAYS.
Old Plantation Days. BY Martha S.
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NATHAN DER wEISE.
Lessing's Nathan Der Weise. Edited
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