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Frank, the Young Naturalist,
Frank in the Woods,
Frank on a Gun-boat,
Frank before Vicksburg,
Frank on the Lower Mississippi.
By H. C. CASTLEMON,
THE "GUN-BOAT BOY."
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NEW POEMS BY WM. P. BRANNAN.
Vagaries of Vandyke Browne,
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN VERSE.
BY WM. P. BRANNAN,
AUTHOR OF "THE HARP OF A THOUSAND STRINGS"
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