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OLIVER OPTIC'S MAGAZINE.
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THE ORATOR.
In this department, of particular interest to schools, Exercises inDeclamation are selected, and marked for delivery, illustrated byengraved figures. This is an original feature, not to be found in anyother Magazine, giving the subscriber
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A YEAR'S VOLUME.
The volume for the year 1867 contained three Serial Stories by OLIVEROPTIC, 35 Poems, 39 Speeches for Declamation, 26 Original Dialogues, 68Stories by other authors, 1212 Puzzles, 158 Illustrated Rebuses, &c.
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OLIVER OPTIC'S MAGAZINE.
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GEOGRAPHICAL REBUSES, PUZZLES, SYNCOPATIONS, GEOGRAPH'L QUESTIONS, PROVERBIAL ANAGRAMS, ENIGMAS, CHARADES AND NUMERICAL PUZZLES,
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Transcriber's Notes:
Inconsistent hyphenation of words in original text has been retained(afire, a-fire).
Inconsistent or unusual spelling of contractions in the original texthas been retained (sha'n't and shan't, mus'n't and musn't, are'n't).
Page 9, missing close quote inserted. (mamma? _Is_ I?")
Page 35, misplaced apostrophe fixed. ('twill)
Page 42, "woful" changed to "woeful". (that woeful Fourth of July)
Page 46, word after comma starts with uppercase. Original text retained.(she added, faintly, "If 'twasn't)
Page 56, missing close quote inserted. (cross old party, miss.")
Page 73, unusual spelling of "Monuement" retained. (make a Bunger HillMonuement)
Page 144, word after comma starts with uppercase. Original textretained. (The trying question was, What would the child)
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