Front matter
Reading edition
Contents. Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text. (etext transcriber's note)
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BY Alfred Oscar Coffin, Ph.D. CINCINNATI, OHIO, THE EDITOR PUBLISHING CO., 1898.

Copyright, 1898, by The Editor Publishing Company. TO PROFESSOR HELEN C. MORGAN, MY FORMER TEACHER, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.