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An admirable library edition of an American classic.
POEMS IN COLOR.—With 56 exquisite illustrations from original designs by W. J. Whittemore.
| Sea Pictures, by Tennyson. |
| Sunrise on the Hills, by Longfellow. |
| The Worship of Nature, by Whittier. |
| I Remember, by Hood. |
| To a Waterfowl, by Bryant. |
| To a Mountain Daisy, by Burns. |
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