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Adventures Of America, 1857-1900 By John A. Kouwenhoven

All right-minded people like picture-books, and Mr. Kouwenhoven has compiled an admirable one (Harper's, 125. 6d.) from the files of Harper's Weekly. Perhaps the very merits of......

The Dutch Barge Dog By Alice Gatacre

The Keeshond, Wolf Spitz, Grand Loulou—or even Over- weight Pomeranian, if you would prefer the name used by Queen Victoria for her champion Windsor Marco—first made its mark......

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