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THE REQUIRED LITERATURE FOR 1896-7.
THE GROWTH OF THE FRENCH NATION (illus-
trated). George B. Adams, Professor of History,
Yale University

FRENCH TRAITS. W. C. Brownell, of Scribners', New

York

A STUDY OF THE SKY (illustrated). Herbert A.
Howe, Professor of Astronomy, University of
Denver

A SURVEY OF GREEK CIVILIZATION_(illustrated).
J. P. Mahaffy, Professor of Ancient History, Uni-
versity of Dublin, Ireland

A HISTORY OF GREEK ART (illustrated). F. B.
Tarbell, Professor of Archæology, University of
Chicago.

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STUDY OF THE SKY

BY

HERBERT A. HOWE, A.M., Sc. D.,

Director of the Chamberlin Observatory, University of Denver; author of
"Elements of Descriptive Astronomy."