_Minneapolis Journal._

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A YEAR IN A COAL-MINE

By JOSEPH HUSBAND

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details."--_San Francisco Chronicle_.

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THE CONFESSIONS OF A RAILROAD SIGNALMAN

By J.O. FAGAN

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ROUTINE AND IDEALS

BY LE BARON R. BRIGGS, _President of Radcliffe College_.

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SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND CHARACTER

BY THE AUTHOR OF "ROUTINE AND IDEALS."

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