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,us OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. By JARED SPARKS.
~ Abridged by the Author In two volumes Boston
Tappan L. Dennett New.York: Dayton Newman


e9 broadway.


This abridgement of the most excellent and
,,,rar Life of the Father of his Country by
I.,ed Sparks, has been made mainly for the use
4 schools, and seems most admirably adapted to
he best moral and intellectual purposes OF early
.3,oation All the omissions arc mainly OF Po-
r;cal matters or of such general discussions as
lace mt little interest for the young-but which
80 sc, of Importance, in order to proper aPpre-


:.ton Of the character Of Washington consider
j IN all his relations. The abridgemcnt seems
!, haze been made with most judcious care and
,,eOtior to the wants of those for whose use it
-. mainly designed. All the facts and incidents
.,,uec,ed with the Life of Washington are pre-
,,xed and presented in form free from irrele-
-, and embarrassing matter. We commend the
s., heartily and earnestly the favor of parents
ID teachers, as likely to prove eminenty useful
families and in schools. The young cannot be
,,ds TOO early acquainted with the greatness Of
8w,,hiu.ton's character, or ever become too ia
uIisr with the habits of thought and Of life that
,,5e him the greatest and the best hero of his
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4as s.,ys, BELLE: A Tale Of 1892. Boston Tappan L
bennett New-York Dayton Newman, 1893 Broad


way.


This is the title of small, neat volume, con-
aiming tale, designed to illustrate the social
.,bi;, and manners of the people ofNewEngland
ludog the days of the Salem Wi,chcraft. The
acmet, wo believe, has never before been made;
dough there is evidently scope for the most inter
,apr and valuable exercise of the novelist's pow
T. The style Of this little book is easy and
lraceful, and the incidents of the tale possesses
r.rsty and no little interest.