Harvard Economic Studies

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Volume I: The English Patents of Monopoly, by William H. Price. 8vo, $1.50, net. Postage 17 cents.

Volume II: The Lodging-House Problem in Boston, by Albert B. Wolfe. 8vo, $1.50, net. Postage 17 cents.

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Volume V: Wool-Growing and the Tariff, by Chester W. Wright. 8vo, $2.00, net. Postage 17 cents.

Volume VI: Public Ownership of Telephones on the Continent of Europe, by Arthur N. Holcombe.

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INSTRUCTOR IN POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
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