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July 16, 1926 ,NEWEST BOOKS AND. BOOK REVIEWS Yersity press brought out the 'Chronicles of America,' and how those little volumes were practically best-sellers for months? The\' are · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · now bringing out something similar Letters from a Librarian to a Girl in called the 'Pageant of America.' Thi s Montana is a history o! America told in pictures with a very brid text. Tlwse who be"Dear '.:\[arion: lieve in visual education will ha,:e their The Fourth rather interrupted my innings with this set. plans; I had too pleasant a time to "They arc simply enchanting, and read, but I played with a number of are Yeritable mines of source material things. from ships to literature. and from "You remember the 'Pepy's' that plows to styles. sat on our shelves? 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