American History, Statesmanship, and Literature.
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American Commonwealths.
A Series of volumes narrating the rJstory of those States of the Union which have a striking Political, Social, or Economical History.
Edited by Horace E. Scudder.
I. VIRGINIA. By John Esten Cooke. II. OREGON. By William Barrows.
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IV. KENTUCKY. By N. S. Shaler.
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American Statesmen.
A Series of Biographies of Men conspicuous in the Folitical History of the United
States.
Edited by John T. Morse, Jr.
I. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. By John T. Morse, Jr. W. ALEXANDER HAMILTON. By Henry Cabot LoDGB,
III. JOHN C. CALHOUN. By Dr. H. von Holst.
IV. ANDREW JACKSON. By Prof. Wm. G. Sumner. V. JOHN RANDOLPH. By Henry Adams.
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American Men of Letters.
A Series of Biographies of Distinguished American Authors.
Edited by Charles Dudley Warner.
I. WASHINGTON IRVING. By Charles Dudley Warner, II. NOAH WEBSTER. By Horace E. Scudder. IW. HENRY D. TH0RE.au. By Frank B. Sanborn. IV. GEORGE RIPLEY. By Octavi us Brooks Frothingham. V. JAMES FEN I MO RE COOPER. By Prof. T. R. Lounskurt. VI. M.ll^GARET FULLER OSSOLI. By T. W. HiGGiNSON. VH. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By O. W. Holmes. ^\\\. EDGAR ALLAN POE. By G. E. Woodberry. IX. NA THANIEL PARKER WILLIS. By H. A. Beers.
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