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_A STROLL WITH KEATS._ By FRANCES CLIFFORD BROWN. 1 vol. Illustrated.
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One of the choicest gems of art in illustration, consisting of
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verses of the great English poet.

_NEXT DOOR._ By CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM, Author of "Dearly Bought," "A Sane
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One of the brightest, prettiest, and most charming tales yet offered to
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_POETS AND PROBLEMS._ By GEORGE WILLIS COOKE, Author of "Emerson; His
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Mr. Cooke brings to his work the most inexhaustible and painstaking
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_THE SPHINX'S CHILDREN AND OTHER PEOPLE'S._ By ROSE TERRY COOKE, Author
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This volume of short stories, reprinted from the author's contributions
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_THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF GOETHE._ The Lectures at the Concord School of
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A work of exceptional interest, containing fifteen of the lectures
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