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BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $2.50
A volume of contemporary exploration and adventure.
N. Y., Tait & Sons, 1894 $1
This book has a value far beyond the mere skill of the narrative as those who are acquainted with the melancholy history of the late Captain Boyd will readily understand.
Il.N. Y., Holt & Co., 1891 $2.50
This talented traveler not only saw everything thoroughly but she records her impressions faithfully and accurately.
Il.N. Y., Holt & Co., 1890 $2.50
A most interesting book of travels by a popular and talented writer.
Il.N. Y., Holt & Co., 1890 $2.50
Author shows change that passed over Constantinople between 1874 and 1878, a change from the bright and glittering to all that was dull and wretched.
Il.N. Y., Century Co., 1894 $1.50
The characters are a party of bright boy's and girls who visit the city of Washington, and knowing how to use their eyes and ears find out all about the government of the United States.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $2
Graphic and interesting descriptions of a part of the country which is comparatively unknown.
Phila., American Baptist Pub. Society, 1898 $1
An account of a Welsh family that went to South America and settled in Chili in the city of Iquique.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1898 $1.50
The narrative is told in such a way as to give the ancient legends of Guatemala, the story of the chieftain, Nicaragua, the history of the Central American Republics and the natural history of these countries.