EDWARD S. ELLIS'
Popular Boys' Books
12mo, cloth Price $1.25
Purely American in scene, plot, motives, and characters, the copyrightworks of Edward S. Ellis have been deservedly popular with the youth ofAmerica. In a community where every native-born boy can aspire to thehighest offices, such a book as Ellis' "From the Throttle to thePresident's Chair," detailing the progress of the sturdy son of thepeople from locomotive engineer to the presidency of a great railroad,must always be popular. The youth of the land which boasts of aVanderbilt will ever desire such books, and naturally will desirestories of their native land before wandering over foreign climes.
The volumes of this series are all copyright, printed from large newtype, on good paper, and are handsomely bound in cloth, stamped withappropriate designs.
THE FOLLOWING COMPRISE THE TITLES
Down the Mississippi From the Throttle to the President's Chair Up the Tapajos Tad; or, "Getting Even" with Him Lost in Samoa Lost in the Wilds
Red Plume A Waif of the Mountains Land of Wonders Through Jungle and Wilderness Life of Kit Carson
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THE MERSHON COMPANY156 Fifth Avenue, New York Rahway, N. J.
"A good dictionary is the first requisite in the study of a language"
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THE NEW PRACTICAL
French-English and English-French
DICTIONARY
Compiled from the best Authorities of Both Languages
BY
Professors DE LOLME and WALLACE
AND
HENRY BRIDGEMAN
Revised, Corrected, and Considerably Enlarged
BY
Professor E. ROUBAUD, B. A. (Paris)
This excellent dictionary, prepared for practical use by highlycompetent authorities, contains in 1122 crown 8vo pages the followingspecial features:
1. It is modern and up to date, being based on the latest edition ofthe famous dictionary of the French Academy, and has been carefullyrevised with the latest and best English dictionaries.
2. The type is plain, clear, and expressly suited for ready reference.
3. Careful examples are given of the different senses of various words.Full explanation is made of all idiomatic phrases, etc.
4. Special attention has been devoted to the intricacies of verbs.Lists are given of Irregular and Defective Verbs, and of Nouns ofDouble Gender.
5. Compound Verbs are translated by their corresponding equivalents.
6. Obsolete Words and Terms are specially indicated.
French and English Vocabularies are given of Proper Names, Historical,Mythological, and Geographical. Tables of French Coins, Weights, andMeasures, with English equivalents.
Bound in Best English Cloth, Crown 8vo, 1122 Pages, Price $1.25
For sale everywhere, or sent postpaid on receipt of price
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THE MERSHON COMPANY156 Fifth Avenue, New York Rahway, N. J.
"One of the First Requisites of Expansion"
THE POCKET DICTIONARY
OF THE
English and Spanish Languages
BY
WESSELY and GIRONES
Thoroughly Revised and Entirely Rewritten
BY
LOUIS TOHHAUSEN
_Officer of the Legion of Honor_
AND
GEORGE PAYN
An essentially practical English-Spanish and Spanish-English PocketDictionary, designed especially to meet the needs of the soldier,colonist, capitalist, traveler, or explorer in our new colonialpossessions. Invaluable for visitors to Cuba, Porto Rico, thePhilippine Islands, or Spain, and absolutely indispensable for Americanresidents in those countries. Just the book for the merchant dealingwith Spanish-America. Especially suited for commercial use.
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Bound in Best English Cloth, 12mo, 475 Pages, Price 75 CentsFor sale everywhere, or sent postpaid on receipt of price
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THE MERSHON COMPANY156 Fifth Avenue, New York Rahway, N. J.
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