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BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1876 $1
Composed of fresh selections in poetry and prose for reading clubs, school declamation, home and public entertainments.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1880 $1
A good selection of poetry and prose suitable for home and public entertainments.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1.25
The author ranges over a vast field and gives us her ideas on many subjects.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1888 $3
Selections from the letters of Eliza Southgate Bowne.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.50
Mr. Bliss here offers another interesting book from his fruitful studies of the colonial era. It depicts phases of the religious life and ecclesiastical customs of that era with much force.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1863 $1.50
Written in a witty and aggressive style.
Dodge, M. A. (Gail Hamilton, pseud.) Gala days. 
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1865 $1.50
Miss Dodge commanded a terse, vigorous, direct style.
Dodge, M. A. (Gail Hamilton, pseud.) A new atmosphere. 
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1865 $1.50
Dodge, M. A. (Gail Hamilton, pseud.) Skirmishes and sketches. 
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1887 $1.50
The style is simple and lucid. The book may be read with profit.
Dodge, M. A. (Gail Hamilton, pseud.) Summer rest. 
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1877 $1.50
The author brings to these books the same trenchant sharpness, the same vigor and point, the same pungency of phrase that characterize her other works.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.25
The author is recognized, in England as well as America, as a thoughtful and charming essayist on out-door topics.