OUR COUNTRY.

A NATIONAL BOOK.

"Our Country!-'tis a glorious land!

With broad arms stretched from shore to shore,

The proud Pacific chafes her strand,

She hears the dark Atlantic roar."

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OUR COUNTRY,

IN ITS RELATIONS TO THE PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE.

A NATIONAL BOOK,

CONSISTING OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN PROSE AND VERSE.

CONTRIBUTED BY AMERICAN WRITERS.

EDITED BY

MRS. LINCOLN PHELPS,

UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF
MARYLAND, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE U. S. CHRISTIAN AND
SANITARY COMMISSIONS.

BALTIMORE:

PRINTED BY JOHN D. TOY.

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1864.