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lions. Drawings by Howerd. pyle, John Enne-
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Adrian J. Lorio. Boston: Houghton, Miffln
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The publishers have given to whit
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| Of the illustrators art, the decorations
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The Diverting History Of John Gflpin. Show
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A new edition Of Cowper's famous
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Montlivet. By Alice Prescott Smith. Boston:
Houghton, Mifflin 4 Co., $1.5o. TO be noticed
The Pets By Henry Wallace Phillips author
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The Plow-Woman. By Eleanor Gates, author
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Sir Nigel. By A. Conan Doyle. Illustrated
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| Famous American Songs BY Gustav Kobbe
author of s'The Loves Of Great Composers
Printed from special type designs at the Merry
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The subject matter of this volume,
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Princess Martha. By Percy Brebner. Illus
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Mcbride & Son. To be noticed later. .
Joseph Vance. An Iu-Written Autobiography.
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Affairs of State. Being an account Of GER
tain surprising adventures which befell an Amer
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ton y. Stevenson author of The Marathon
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The Victory. BY Molly Elliot, seawell, author
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illustrated. New York:y, D. Appleton & Co.,
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The Ladder to the Stars. Jane H. Findlater
New York: D. Appleton g. Co., $3.50. To be
The wooing Of Folly. !, By James L. Ford
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author Of ''Parisians Out Of Doors etc. Illus
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:. This is the fourth book by Mr.. Smith,
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| with life in Paris and France It., treats
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In The Incubator Baby. By Ellis Parker Butte
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