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“Dr. Avery’s narrative grows more praiseworthy as it proceeds, while his style is less stilted and freer from mannerisms and fine writing than was the case with the first volume.”
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“It is pleasant to find, also, that Mr. Avery has profited by earlier criticisms—developing, for example, far more clearly than before the relationship between the early upbuilding of America and the stirring events transpiring in Europe.”
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“Its methods are more like those of the old, with a little less insistence on style. In respect of its material make-up Avery’s work is one of the most notable books ever printed in America, and no doubt the most notable in American history.” John Spencer Bassett.
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“Dr. Avery’s style illumines the annals of those primitive times, sustaining the reader’s interest.”
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=Axon, William E. A.= Cobden as a citizen: a chapter in Manchester history. *$6. Wessels.
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=Ayer, Mary Allette=, ed. Heart melodies. **$1. Lothrop.
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=Bacheller, Irving A.= Eben Holden’s last day a-fishing. †50c. Harper.
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=Bacon, Edwin Munroe.= Connecticut river, and the valley of the Connecticut. **$3.50. Putnam.
“The familiar story is well told and gives the lie afresh to the complaint that picturesque America is lacking in historical associations. A few minor slips occur.” Kate M. Cone.