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The Nation in a Nutshell

By George Makepeace Towle, author of "Heroes of History," "Young Folks' History of England," "Young Folks' History of Ireland," etc. Price 50 cents.

"To tell the story of a nation like ours in a nutshell, requires a peculiar faculty for selecting, condensing, and philosophizing. The brevity with which he relates the principal events in American history, does not detract from the charming interest of the narrative style."—Public Opinion.

Young People's History of England

By George Makepeace Towle. Cloth, illustrated. $1.50.

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Handbook of English History

Based on "Lectures on English History," by the late M. J. Guest, and brought down to the year 1880. With a Supplementary Chapter on the English Literature of the 19th Century. By F. H. Underwood, LL.D. With Maps, Chronological Table, etc. $1.50.

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