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result of a practical and mature experience of the difficulties which beset the English student who seeks to obtain a mastery over this noble language."-Educational Times.

Der Gefangene (The Prisoner). By Kotzebue. A German Play, suitable for school reading or acting. Edited, with foot-notes, by Dr. Stromberg, of Bonn.

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