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Wake-Robin. By John Burroughs. Revised and enlarged edition, illustrated. 16mo, $1.50.
Contents: The Return of the Birds; In the Hemlocks; Adirondac; Birds'-Nests; Spring at the Capital; Birch Browsings; The Bluebird; The Invitation.
Winter Sunshine. By John Burroughs. New Edition, revised and enlarged, with frontispiece illustration. 16mo, $1.50.
Contents: Winter Sunshine; Exhilarations of the Road; The Snow Walkers; The Fox; A March Chronicle; Autumn Tides; The Apple; An October Abroad.
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The Gypsies.
By CHARLES G. LELAND.