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The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 32, June 17, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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FOUR FAMOUS BOOKS

Every boy and girl is interested in what is going on about them. The
authors of this series have gathered together the most interesting kind of
information, and have told it in a most entertaining way.

Copies will be sent post-paid to any address upon receipt of price named.

1. =Foods and Beverages=, by E.A. BEAL, M.D. Contains
reading lessons on the various kinds of Foods and their hygienic
values; on Grains, Fruits, and useful Plants, with elementary
botanical instruction relating thereto; and on other common
subjects of interest and importance to all, old and young. 281
pages. Cloth, 60 cents.

2. =Every-Day Occupations=, by H. WARREN CLIFFORD, S.D.
Quantities of useful facts entertainingly told, relating to work
and workers. How Leather is Tanned; How Silk is Made; The
Mysteries of Glass-Making, of Cotton Manufacture, of
Cloth-Making, of Ship and House Building; The Secrets of the
Dyer's Art and the Potter's Skill--all and more are described
and explained in detail with wonderful clearness. 330 pages.
Cloth, 60 cents.

3. =Man and Materials=, by WM. G. PARKER, M.E. Shows
how man has raised himself from savagery to civilization by
utilizing the raw material of the earth. Brings for the first
time the wonderful natural resources of the United States to the
notice of American children. The progress of the Metal-Working
arts simply described and very attractively illustrated. 323
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