Putnam's Library Companion: A Quarterly Summary, Giving Priced and Classified Lists of the English and American Publications of the Past Year with the Addition of Brief Analyses Or Characterizations of the More Important Books; Being a Quarterly Continuation of "The Best Reading," V. 1-III. 1877-1879, Volume 3G.P. Putnam's sons, 1880 |
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... character of books . For the convenience of purchasers it has been attempted to indicate roughly which are the more important or desirable of the books named under the several subjects . Thus : A means that the book so marked is ...
... character of books . For the convenience of purchasers it has been attempted to indicate roughly which are the more important or desirable of the books named under the several subjects . Thus : A means that the book so marked is ...
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... character , and writings of . By G W. Curtis . Address before the N. Y. Historical Society . 16 ° N. Y. Paper , 50 cts . a . Bryant among his countrymen . By Samuel Osgood , D. D. 75 . 9s . 75 Mr. Trotter defends the famous Governor ...
... character , and writings of . By G W. Curtis . Address before the N. Y. Historical Society . 16 ° N. Y. Paper , 50 cts . a . Bryant among his countrymen . By Samuel Osgood , D. D. 75 . 9s . 75 Mr. Trotter defends the famous Governor ...
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... character and practical affairs of life , etc. Introduction by S. Drayton . 12 ° N. Y. Janet ( P. ) Final causes ; transl . from the French by W. Affleck . 8 ° N. Y. Lefèvre ( A. ) and critical . Keane . Cr . Philosophy , historical ...
... character and practical affairs of life , etc. Introduction by S. Drayton . 12 ° N. Y. Janet ( P. ) Final causes ; transl . from the French by W. Affleck . 8 ° N. Y. Lefèvre ( A. ) and critical . Keane . Cr . Philosophy , historical ...
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... character of his volume : A Journey by Dog - sledge ; Canoe- life ; the Half - breed Voyageur ; the Hudson's Bay Company ; Life in a Company's Hut : a Voyage with the Voyageurs ; the Great Fall Hunts ; the Fraternity of Medicine ; the ...
... character of his volume : A Journey by Dog - sledge ; Canoe- life ; the Half - breed Voyageur ; the Hudson's Bay Company ; Life in a Company's Hut : a Voyage with the Voyageurs ; the Great Fall Hunts ; the Fraternity of Medicine ; the ...
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... characters , full of delicate and subtle sympathies , with ideas the most opposite to his own , and lighted up throughout with that playful humor which suggests always wisdom rather than mere fun . " Alden's Thoughts on the Relig- ious ...
... characters , full of delicate and subtle sympathies , with ideas the most opposite to his own , and lighted up throughout with that playful humor which suggests always wisdom rather than mere fun . " Alden's Thoughts on the Relig- ious ...
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Page 4 - Waltham, Mass., with one half the income of this Legacy. Such descendants failing, other persons are eligible to the scholarships. The will requires that this announcement shall be made in every book added to the Library under its provisions.
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Page 52 - The Gospel according to the Hebrews. Its Fragments Translated and Annotated with a Critical Analysis of the External and Internal Evidence relating to it. Demy 8vo, gs.
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Page 74 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 22 - From Egypt to Palestine : Through Sinai, the Wilderness, and the South Country. Observations of a Journey made with Special Reference to the History of the Israelites. By SC BARTLETT, DD, LL.D.
Page 45 - KEIM'S HISTORY OF JESUS OF NAZARA : Considered in its connection with the National Life of Israel, and related in detail. Translated from the German by Arthur Ransom and the Rev. EM Geldart.
Page 45 - THE LIGHT OF ASIA ; or, THE GREAT RENUNCIATION (Mahabhinishkramana). Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India, and Founder of Buddhism (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist). By Edwin Arnold, MA, CSI , &c.
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Page 39 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of " The Thirty-years