brilliant and piquant writer.

#AFTER THE BALL, HER LOVER'S FRIEND, AND OTHER POEMS.# By NORA PERRY.
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A re-issue of the entire collected poetical works of Nora Perry,
previous to the publication of "New Songs and Ballads." They were
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#RANKELL'S REMAINS.# A Novel. By BARRETT WENDELL, author of "The
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Mr. Wertheimber, of a scholarly Austrian family, went to Japan about
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#SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS OF NOTED PERSONS.# By Hon. JUSTIN S. MORRILL.
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The well-known and erudite Senator from Vermont has, in this work,
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