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Show Library to Distribute ! Fine Set of New Books! 1 1 A set of books declared to be of ex-l ceptional interest has recently been purchased by the Carnegie Freo Library, Li-brary, and la now ready for circulation 1 "The Chronicles of America," pub-1: ! lished by Yale university. These books tell the story of the development of American ideals and , institutions, of Mie men who have mad. America, of the habits of the people, i of America's literature and educational I ideals, of our growth as a nation, andj jour development as a world power, all ln a manner that is declared delightfully delight-fully readable, and In a clear, straight-j forward manner that is utterly unlike the American history of the textbook. Each volume is written by a recognized recog-nized authority. Frederic Austin Ogg's volume on "The Reign of Andrew Jackson" Jack-son" is especially good for its treatment treat-ment of the Wcbster-Hayno debate. "A Sequel of Appomattox," gives nn excellent Idea of the problems tho country had to face at that period. J "The Cleveland Era," by Henry Jones Ford, is an unusually good presentation pre-sentation of the period discussed, and Carl Russell Fish's "Tho Path of Empire: Em-pire: a Chronicle of tho United States An a World Power," is a book of great current interest. I nn |