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THE WARS OF RELIGIONS (Vol. III.) Royal 8vo, $4.00, net. Carriage, 30 cents. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES From the Compromise of 1850 By JAMES FORD RHODES In Five Volumes. Cloth. 8vo. $12.50, net "It is the one work now within reach of the young American student of to-day in which he may learn the connected story of the great battle that resulted in the overthrow of slavery and the rededication of the republic to unsullied freedom. In no other publication are these facts so concisely, so fully, and so well presented, and the student who makes careful study of this work will fully understand, not only the actual causes which led to the war, but he will know how gradually they were developed from year to year under varying political power, until the nation was ripe for the revolution. . . . 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