The Elementary and Complete Examiner: Or, Candidate's Assistant: Prepared to Aid Teachers in Securing Certificates from Boards of Examiners, and Pupils in Preparing Themselves for Promotion, Teachers in Selecting Review Questions in Normal Schools, Institutes, and in All Drill and Class Exercises, |
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| Title | The Elementary and Complete Examiner: Or, Candidate's Assistant: Prepared to Aid Teachers in Securing Certificates from Boards of Examiners, and Pupils in Preparing Themselves for Promotion, Teachers in Selecting Review Questions in Normal Schools, Institutes, and in All Drill and Class Exercises, Teachers' library |
| Author | Isaac Stone |
| Publisher | A. S. Barnes, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 276 pages |
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