amounts
received for the skins and the feathers."

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[Illustration: HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL.

_Oldest Inhabitant._ "I NEVER EXPECTED TO LIVE TILL THE END OF THE
WAR, MA'AM; BUT NOW I'M HOPING TO BE SPARED TO SEE THE BEGINNING OF
THE NEXT ONE."]

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CHOICE BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

THE NEW PARIS SKETCH-BOOK; OR, THE FIRST FIFTY THOUSAND.

By GLADYS FLAPPERTON, O.B.E., Author of _Peace and Plenty of It._

This charming volume describes in detail the delightful Parisian
holiday which has been provided by the Government under the best
possible conditions for young ladies with (and without) a knowledge of
typewriting.

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_TIGER LILY,

A POEM IN FOURTEEN SPASMS._

By WOODROW WILSON.

Affectionately dedicated to M. CLEMENCEAU.

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THE HISTORY OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.

BY HAROLD SMITH, M.P.

("England's Harold.")

With an Introduction by the LORD CHANCELLOR.

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O SMILLIE, WE HAVE MISSED YOU, AND OTHER LYRICS.

Highly recommended by Messrs. MUDIE and SANKEY (the Author).

Copies of this beautiful work have been accepted by several mining
royalties.

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THE GEDDES BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.

Publication of the Second Volume (AUC--ERIC).

It is hoped to complete in twelve handsome volumes this the first
attempt to record and codify the achievements and services of the
GEDDES family in the Great War.

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WASTEWARD HO!

A ROMANCE OF CIPPENHAM.

With an Introductory Apologia by Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL.

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THE NEXT WAR.

["As the result of a conference called by the War Office it has
been decided to wage a war of annihilation against the warble-fly.
It is hoped that by means of concerted action through the country
this pestilent insect, so injurious to the hides of horses and
cattle, may be completely stamped out." _Daily Paper._]

The warble-fly, the warble-fly
Is absolutely doomed to die.
They've summoned all the General Staff,
There's going to be a mighty "strafe,"
And soon the land from shore to shore
Will echo with the din of war,
As armed hosts with martial cries
Descend upon the warble-flies.

We've got the shells, we've got the guns