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The Great Round World

And What Is Going On In It

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Vol. II., No. 24. JUNE 16, 1898 Whole No. 84

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CONTENTS.

With the Editor 745
New Books 746
Lieutenant Hobson's Brave Deed 749
News from Havana 753
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