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Title: Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : P. F. Collier
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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litical books,, novels and many vol-umes of verse. The latter include TheHuman Tragedy (1862); The Towerof Babel, a drama (1874); Savona-rola, a tragedy (1881); and VeronicasGarden, in prose and verse (1895);Haunts of Ancient Peace (1902); ALesson in Harmony (1904). Died June2, 1913. AUSTIN, MARY HUNTER, an Amer-ican writer, born in Carlinville, 111., in1868. She graduated from BlackburnUniversity in 1888. In 1891 she marriedStafford W, Austin. The scenes of hernovels are mostly laid in California. Shewrote The Land of Little Rain (1903) ;The Flock (1906); The BasketWoman (1904); Love and the Soul-Maker (1914); The Ford (1917);etc. She also wrote several plays. AUSTIN, OSCAR PHELPS, an Ameri-can statistician, born in Newark, 111. Hewas educated in the public schools andfor several years engaged in newspaperwork. He was chief of the Bureau ofStatistics of the Department of Com-merce and Labor, and remained in thispost until its transfer to the Bureau ofForeign and Domestic Commerce, of
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■ CVipyriMht. I, I. AUSTIN 347 AUSTRALIA which he was made assistant chief.From 1903 to 1914 he was professor ofcommerce and statistics at George Wash-ington University, and since 1914 stat-istician of the foreign trade departmentof the National City Bank. He wasa member of several economic societies.He wrote Uncle Sams Secrets, UncleSams Soldiers, Colonial Systems ofthe World, Commercial Japan, Com-mercial South and Central America,Great Canals of the World, Manu-facturing Systems of the World, Eco-nomics of World Trade, InternationalCommerce, and other works. AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER, an American pioneer, born in Austinville,Va., Nov. 31,1793; a son of Moses Austin,the real founder of the State of Texas,who, about 1820, obtained permissionfrom the Mexican Government to es-tablish an American colony in Texas, butdied before his plans were accomplished.Stephen took up the work unfinished byhis father, and located a thrifty colonyon the site of the present city of Austin,in 1821. Subse

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