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Dr. Francis Miller, the well-known historian, has exercised 'great skill

in the preparation of Lindbergh-: his Story in Pictures (10s. 6d.), and Messrs. Putnams must be congratulated on publishing this pictorial record of an achievement which will have a great place in history. That the average American believes that Colonel Lindbergh was the first man to fly the Atlantic is neither here nor there. The average American is wrong ; but he is right in regarding Colonel Lindbergh as a hero : that modest and handsome youth is the personifi- cation of the best qualities of his race and we are as proud of him ourselves as the Americans are. This book would make an excellent present for boy or girl, and besides its romantic interest will serve as a painless teacher of geography.

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