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BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
Bost, D. Lothrop, 1895 $1.50
Sixteen stories designed to inculcate the principles that underlie the Christian Endeavor movement.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons., 1894 $1.25
A lifelike picture is presented of the business classes in ancient Rome about nineteen centuries ago.
Holley, M. (Josiah Allen's Wife. ) My opinions and Betsy Bobbet's. 
Il.Hartford, American Pub. Co., 1891 $2.50
"Designed," the author says, "as a beacon light to guide women to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Il.N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls, 1890 $2.50
A humorous and semi-serious protest against the decision of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church of 1888.
Holm, SaxeStories. Vol. 1.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1
Saxe Holm's characters are strongly drawn, and she goes right to the heart of human experiences as one who knows the way.
———Stories. Vol. 2.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1
The stories first appeared in the magazines and are heartily commended as vigorous, wholesome and sufficiently exciting.
N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.50
Through all the disguise of fiction a grave scientific doctrine may be detected.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1881 $1.50
A good and brilliant American novel, its treatment is fresh and unconventional, its style spirited and its characters life-like and individualized.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1882 $1.50 and $1
A very beautiful and artistic but pathetic tale of Breton fisher life.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.25
The book is an unpretentious composition; but it is thoroughly delightful reading.