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EDWARD S. ELLIS'
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Purely American in scene, plot, motives, and characters, the copyrightworks of Edward S. Ellis have been deservedly popular with the youth ofAmerica. In a community where every native-born boy can aspire to thehighest offices, such a book as Ellis' "From the Throttle to thePresident's Chair," detailing the progress of the sturdy son of thepeople from locomotive engineer to the presidency of a great railroad,must always be popular. The youth of the land which boasts of aVanderbilt will ever desire such books, and naturally will desirestories of their native land before wandering over foreign climes.
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THE FOLLOWING COMPRISE THE TITLES
Down the Mississippi From the Throttle to the President's Chair Up the Tapajos Tad; or, "Getting Even" with Him Lost in Samoa Lost in the Wilds
Red Plume A Waif of the Mountains Land of Wonders Through Jungle and Wilderness Life of Kit Carson
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"A good dictionary is the first requisite in the study of a language"
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THE NEW PRACTICAL
French-English and English-French
DICTIONARY
Compiled from the best Authorities of Both Languages
BY
Professors DE LOLME and WALLACE
AND
HENRY BRIDGEMAN
Revised, Corrected, and Considerably Enlarged
BY
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This excellent dictionary, prepared for practical use by highlycompetent authorities, contains in 1122 crown 8vo pages the followingspecial features:
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THE POCKET DICTIONARY
OF THE
English and Spanish Languages
BY
WESSELY and GIRONES
Thoroughly Revised and Entirely Rewritten
BY
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_Officer of the Legion of Honor_
AND
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An essentially practical English-Spanish and Spanish-English PocketDictionary, designed especially to meet the needs of the soldier,colonist, capitalist, traveler, or explorer in our new colonialpossessions. Invaluable for visitors to Cuba, Porto Rico, thePhilippine Islands, or Spain, and absolutely indispensable for Americanresidents in those countries. Just the book for the merchant dealingwith Spanish-America. Especially suited for commercial use.
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