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The Reverend S. W. King's Pennine Alps.* The Field Of

Mr. King's Alpine explorations was the Italian slopes: of the great mountain range called the Pennine Alps, that sepa- rates Piedmont from Switzerland. The most stupendous part......

Mary Howitt's History Of The United States. * A B.eally...

history of the United States of America has yet to be written ; for though Bancroft's is an excellent nar- rative, especially in its plan, and Hildreth's is a plain and......