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LIFE AND LETTERS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. Edited by Rev. Samuel Longfellow. 2 vols. 12mo. $6.00.  With new steel engraved Portraits and many wood Engravings.

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THE =MEMORIAL HISTORY OF BOSTON=,

In Four Volumes.  Quarto.

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Edited by JUSTIN WINSOR, LIBRARIAN OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Among the contributors are:—­

  Gov.  JOHN D. LONG,
  Hon. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
  Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D.,
  Rev. E.E.  HALE, D.D.,
  Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP,
  Hon. J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL,
  Admiral G.H.  PREBLE,
  Dr. O.W.  HOLMES,
  JOHN G. WHITTIER,
  REV.  J.P.  CLARKE, D.D.,
  Rev. A.P.  PEABODY, D.D.,
  Col.  T.W.  HIGGINSON,
  Professor ASA GRAY,
  Gen. F.W.  PALFREY,
  HENRY CABOT LODGE.

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