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World Geography: One Volume Edition. Edited by Ralph S. Tarr, B. S., F.G.S.A., Professor of Physical Geography at Cornell University and Frank M. McMurry, Ph. D., Professor of Elementary Education at Teachers' College, Columbia University. With many colored maps and numerous illustrations, chiefly photographs of actual scenes. Price, $1.25 net. The Macmillan Company, New York.

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Civil Government: Describing the Various Forms of Government-Local, State, and National, and Discussing the Government of the United States from an Historical Standpoint. By Edward Schwinn, A.M., Supervising Principal of Mt. Airy School, Philadelphia, and W. Wesley Stevenson, A.M., Professor of History in the Northeast Manual Training High School, Philadelphia. 375 pages. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.

Second Year Latin for Sight Reading: Selections from Cæsar and Nepos. By Arthur L. Janes, Boys' High School, Brooklyn. 238 pages. American Book Company, New York.

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Peter and Polly in Summer. By Rose Lucia. Principal of the Primary School, Montpelier, Vermont, author of Stories of American Discoverers for Little Americans. Cloth, 12mo, 144 pages. Illustrated. Price, 35 cents. American Book Company, New York.

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