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Wfir : - - f 1 i 0 0 rV?t (I ' A - VOLUMH If, NUMBKR 4r 16 The Commoner fl -e D W,''- !V ? T-l Ptm. WlUJam MteKIade? mIIi of lUdpAth' ftlstory of th .Wartd, arid cordially commend It to the ichoar aui well aa to the plain 'people generally. Profer Ipr, guiit. Public 8choli, St. Xinljv, aldt "I Un heiitaUnLy cbmmend Dr. Rid path' Iilutory of the World a the ablest 4 work on that subject which I have over ekairflned. Tlie engraving, maps and bharta are alone worth the en tire coat of the et," rrpa. Ucnjamln Hrrla aaldi "The author'., labor are do Bryinr'Of the hlffhetet pralae. The printing and- binding are nrat cImh and the Illustrations are numerous and Of a high order. I most heartily reebm memd this groat work for tudy and convenlont reference." Dr. Bartlctf, PreH. DftrtmoHfb' Cnllctfc, saldt "It is a popular history of wldo range, and brought down from tho most ancient to tho most modern tlmos. Tho style is clear, the narrative well balanced, and the statements reliable. 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