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Show Story Everyone Should Read. H Dr. Edward Everett Hale Is best H known to the present generation aa a H writer of fiction that has taken a high and deserved place in American litera- H ture. Hit immortal short story, "The Man Without a Country," wat pub- lished anonymously In the Atlantio Monthly in 1863 and collected with other stories in a volume issued five B years afterward. H Great as were Doctor Hale's contri- Initio's to the literature of his coun- try, there Is nothing In all his wOrka which will live longer than his por- trayal of Philip Nolan's unfortunate career. Since its first publication, now many years more than half a cen- tury ago, it has been considered a mas- terpiece of literature as well as an un- equaled inspiration to patriotism. Es- B6. per i.iiiy to the young and impetuous does the story make a thrilling appeal and at the same time teaches a stern V No American can read It without a keener sense the duty S which he owes to his country. H |