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THERE IS ONLY ONE DIRECT Queen and Crescent Route It is 109 miles shorter than any other; it runs most elegant through solid trains, vestibuled throughout; day coaches, Pullman sleepers, cafe', parlor and observation cars; its tracks are a splendid instance of the perfection of stone ballast, heavy steel, interlocking devices at railway crossings, and a complete system of electric block signals. The Scenery is that of the Blue Grass, the Cumberland Plateau, and the Battle Fields of the Valley of the Tennessee. N. E. A. delegates cau enjoy the trip via the Queen and Crescent to a degree 11ot possible by any other route To Chattanooga. CHAS. W. ZELL, D, P. A. W. C. RINEARSON, G. P. A. CINCINNATI. IN SCIENCE Blaisdell's Practical Physiology, Gage's Introduction to Physical Science, Williams's Elements of Chemistry, Bergen's Botany, and Young's Lessons in Astronomy. These books are all either new or recently revised. HISTORY Many schools are now carrying the study of history throughout the entire high - school course. To such we offer: Myers's Eastern Nations and Greece; Myers's Rome, or Allen's Short History of the Roman People; Montgomery's English History, Montgomery's French History and Montgomery's Students' American History. VERTICAL WRITING Shaylor's Vertical Round Hand Writing Books are, we claim, ideal books. Write us for particulars before introducing Vertical Writing DRAWING If you want a system of Drawing that can be handled by your teachers, write to us for description of the National Drawing Course, by Anson K. Cross. GINN & COMPANY 378-388 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ills. OHIO BRANCH OFFICE: 219 East Town St., Columbus, O. Reading Circle 1897 1898 The following books required by the Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle for Teachers and Pupils in 1898 are published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., at the prices to members as given below: In this list R. L. S. means Riverside Literature Series; R. 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