The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-04

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Act OF 1915.

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fishers, have the honor to announce
the publication in all parts Of the
United States on Monday, February
20, 1915, of a new revised
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
In one volume, prepared under the di-
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wILROw wOoDsON
and embodying the latest conceptions
of the difficult art of the historian.
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Ness. Buntum and Bunko, Gents: We
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our first care hall be, following the
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Campaigns and Expeditions" while the
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