A BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
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A BATTLE OF THE BOOKS,
RECORDED BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER,
FOR THE USE OF
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
TO THE FIRST FOR DOCTRINE, TO THE SECOND FOR REPROOF, TO BOTH FOR CORRECTION AND FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
GAIL HAMILTON.
“Why talk so dreffle big, John, Of honor, when it meant You didn't care a fig, John, But jest for ten per cent?” Biglow Papers.
CAMBRIDGE: Printed at the Riverside Press, AND FOR SALE BY HURD AND HOUGHTON, NEW YORK. 1870.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by H. O. Houghton and Company, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.