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ENTISTS. _With numerous Portraits. 12mo, $1.25_ "The author has succeeded in making her pen pictures of the great scientists as graphic as the excellent portraits that illustrate the work. Around each name she has picturesquely grouped the essential features of scientific achievement." --_Brooklyn Times._ * * * OF AMERICAN PROGRESS. _Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25_ "Miss Wright is favorably known by her volume of well-told 'Stories in American History,' and her 'Stories of American Progress' is equally worthy of commendation. Taken together they present a series of pictures of great graphic interest. The illustrations are excellent." --_The Nation._ [Illustration] * * * IN AMERICAN HISTORY. _Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25_ "A most delightful and instructive collection of historical events, told in a simple and pleasant manner. Almost every occurrence in the gradual development of our country is woven into an attractive story for young people." --_San Francisco Evening Post._ * * * * * PERSONALLY CONDUCTED. BY FRANK R. STOCKTON, With Forty-Six Illustrations by Joseph Pennell, Alfred Parsons and others. _One volume, square 8vo, =$2.00=_ [Illustration] A fascinating volume of travel by the famous story-teller, whose route is outlined with characteristic quaintness in the table of contents given below. The chapters are a series of pleasant, informal talks with an imaginary party of young people to whom the author is showing the curious and interesting sights of the old world;--a fancy that Mr. Stockton works out with his customary ingenuity and cleverness. The two-score and more of illustrations by Joseph Pennell, Alfred Parsons, and others, enriching the pages with many beautiful old-world views, give the book a high artistic quality and make it a volume admirably suited for a holiday gift. CONTENTS.--THE ROMANS, BUT NOT ROME; THE CITY OF THE BENDED KNEE; LITTLE PISA AND GREAT ROME; GREAT ROME AGAIN; AROUND THE BAY OF NAPLES; IN FLORENCE AND VENICE; A MOUNTAIN TOP, AND HOW WE GET THERE; QUEEN PARIS; KING LONDON; IN ENGLISH COUNTRY; THE LOW COUNTRIES AND THE RHINE; THE P
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