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LIFE OF HORACE GREELEY,

Editor of the New York Tribune.

BY J. PARTON.

Elegantly Ill.u.s.trated. 1 Vol. 12mo., 442 pp. Price $1.25.

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RUTH HALL:

A Domestic Tale of the Present Time.

BY f.a.n.n.y FERN.

1 Vol. 12mo. pp. 400. Price $1.25.

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