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18th century

Christmas list

by John Fischer,

A few hints for Hark

Kowtowing in China

by Jonathan D. Spence,

“You waited until you were ten to compose ^Uthat!”

Drawn by Charles G. Sauers,

Venus observed

by Alan Moorehead,

The opening of the South Seas, part II

The opening of the South Seas

by Alan Moorehead,

Part I

Untitled

Art by Janet Halverson,

To fit the crime

by Cesare Beccaria,

First things first

by Thomas Jefferson,

Father of security

Franklin on deterrence

by Harold George Sir Nicolson,

A poet, sir?

by Harper’s Staff,

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