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CATALOGUE OF BOOKS.
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N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1897 $1.75
The author says he has tried to give a glimpse of the environment that played its part in the evolution of a soul.
N. Y., Nelson & Sons, 1896 $1.25
Biographical sketches of eminent women.
Il.Phila., Porter & Coates, n. d. 2 vols. $5
In many cases the lives of the ladies selected have been written at length by other biographers while some have been merely mentioned, and still others have never before appeared in print.

INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHY, WOMEN.

Cleopatra

N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1
The author has aimed to present the prominent and leading traits of character and the important events in a bold and free manner and plain and simple language.

Elizabeth

N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1
The author has made it his especial object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details, to historic truth.

Eugenie

N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1894 $1.25
A critical biography from a French point of view.

Jeanne D'Arc

N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1897 $1.50
The story is told with a skill of narrative we should expect from so experienced a writer.

Joan of Arc

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $2
The story is one of the most thrilling, pathetic and pitiful in history.

Joan of Arc

Il.N. Y., H. M. Caldwell Co., n. d. 75c
Among heroines of history, this young girl stands foremost in a rare union of qualities. This is a brief record of her true and beautiful life.