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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
WORKS. Newly arranged. 7 Vols. 12mo, each, $2.00.
1. Cheerful Yesterdays.
2. Contemporaries.
3. Army Life in a Black Regiment.
4. Women and the Alphabet.
5. Studies in Romance.
6. Outdoor Studies; and Poems.
7. Studies in History and Letters.
THE PROCESSION OF THE FLOWERS. $1.25.
THE AFTERNOON LANDSCAPE. Poems and Translations. $1.00.
THE MONARCH OF DREAMS. 18mo, 50 cents.
MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI. In the American Men of Letters Series. 16mo, $1.50.
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. In American Men of Letters Series. 16mo, $1.10, net. Postage 10 cents.
PART OF A MAN’S LIFE. Illustrated. Large 8vo, $2.50, net. Postage 18 cents.
LIFE AND TIMES OF STEPHEN HIGGINSON. Illustrated. Large crown 8vo, $2.00, net. Postage extra.
CARLYLE’S LAUGH AND OTHER SURPRISES. 12mo, $2.00, net. Postage 15 cents.
EDITED WITH MRS. E. H. BIGELOW.
AMERICAN SONNETS. 18mo, $1.25.
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CARLYLE’S LAUGH AND OTHER SURPRISES
CARLYLE’S LAUGH AND OTHER SURPRISES
BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON

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Published October 1909