Readings for the Young: A Classified and Annotated Catalog, with an Alphabetical Author-index

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A.L.A. Publishing section, 1896 - Children
 

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Page 17 - HOMES WITHOUT HANDS; a Description of the Habitations of Animals, classed according to their Principle of Construction.
Page 89 - SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from 1733 to 1749. as written in his own Diary. Edited by Miss JANE PORTER.
Page 25 - The Telephone. An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in its Action ; with Directions for Making a Speaking Telephone. By Prof. AE DOLBEAR, Author of "The Art of Projecting, &c.
Page 72 - Gilman, Arthur. Story of Rome, from the earliest times to the end of the republic.
Page 23 - States, elements of physiology and hygiene, with special instruction as to the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and their effects upon the human system...
Page 19 - Noel, Maurice. Buz; or, the life and adventures of a honey bee.
Page 15 - In long walks through woods and fields and quiet schoolroom talks, information is given of the flowers and trees in different months. Emerson, GB Trees and shrubs of Massachusetts, (a) Fuller, Jane Jay. Uncle John's flower gatherers. (b) Talks and descriptions of New England wild flowers. Gray, Asa. How plants behave; how they move, climb, employ insects to work for them. (ab) How plants grow.
Page 66 - Snarleryow; or, the dog fiend, (a) Scene partly in Holland and partly in England. The story of the treasonable career of a king's officer in the marine service under William I. Marshall, Emma. On the banks of the Ouse; or, life in Olney a hundred years ago.
Page 13 - Sm. cr. 8vo. 5*. A Nun : her Friends and her Order. Being a sketch of the Life of Mother Mary Xaveria Fallon Second Edition.
Page 136 - HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS. A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of our Common Wild Flowers. By Mrs. WILLIAM STARR DANA.

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