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A WHITE BLOT-THE STORY OF A PICTURE HENRY VAN DYKE .

Illustrations by B. J. Rosenmeyer.

THE JOY OF THE HILLS

WILD BEASTS AS THEY LIVE.

With reproductions of the etchings of Evert Van
Muyden.

ON A FORGOTTEN BY-WAY
OFFICE WINDOW

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With a decorative setting and illustrations by

W. Granville Smith.

WOOD-ENGRAVERS

A. LEPÈRE

With full-page engraving (frontispiece) and typical
drawings and engravings by Lepère.

STARLIGHT

THE COLONEL'S "NIGGER DOG"

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HAPPINESS

THE POINT OF VIEW

THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT GEORGE
ELIOT OUR CIVILIZATION AND OTHERS.

**President Andrews' HISTORY will be resumed in January. (See next page.)

CHARLES E. CARRYL

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M. L. VAN VORST .

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ARTHUR STANWOOD PIER

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Copyright, 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons. All rights reserved. Entered at New York Post-Office as Second-class Mail Matter.

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