The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6

by Various

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The Rise of Silas Lapham.

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For a Woman.

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An admirable Story of modern life in America.

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Social Silhouettes.

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In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery of New Orleans.

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The Haunted Adjutant; and Other Stories.

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Aulnay Tower.

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Love; or, A Name.

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A Narrative of Military Service.

By Gen. W.B. Hazen. 1 vol. 8 vo. With Maps, Plans and Illustrations. $3.00.

"There can be no doubt, we think, that it will be eagerly read, particularly by the brave soldiers whom he led at Shiloh, who held the crest at Stone Ridge, who stood firm under his eye at Chickamauga, who floated with him by night under the shadow of Lookout Mountain down to Brown's Ferry, who received his order to climb the fence of Mission Ridge who helped to take Atlanta, who marched to the sea, who swarmed over the parapets of Fort McAllister, who made the triumphant campaign of the Carolinas, and passed in review before the President."—New York Mail and Express.

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