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Show 2 EXTR ~c·rs FI!OM N\)TI<-C" u~· 'l'llf: PII ES!'J, " It .I S a g:oou' I) 00J~· ,'a nJ will Le n.::ul by t hou:;anJ s."-Chi-car: ro Joun1al. =o M Willis' happiest hits and mo::;t grace ful s~cc-u Some of~ r. . . d n_N y Evant;eltst. imcns of compositions arc here mcludc . . . - . , d ippinr" these : F'un Joltmgs u Fresh, lively, g;ty, an goss . ol h. I tl appear n_ deservedly merit the enduring garb m w IC I lCJ , • Jlome Gazelt~:. . [j One of 'Villis' pleasant books, in which u_w rc~dcr 19 al-ways sure to find cntcrtainmcnt..l)-Philadelp/ua J~uTIJ~- ,; 'l'hc contents arc better than the titl c."-N. Y. 1'r'lbunc. "A volume of light sketches, written in '}!'~r. " ' ill is~ most amusm. g style, 'a nd will be read by everybody. -lJetroll Ad-vertiser. ''It contains the best specimen of the prose wri~ingsof Mr. Willis.''-;11ontgorr~ry Gazette. " 'l'he book is cntertam. m. g an d spi·c y -just the. k1in d Uof rte ad-ing to k ccp one ' ' \'ide ·a wake' during the long mg lts 10. arc now approaching."- Phil. News. . '~For laughterwithoutfol 1y , Co ra speci.f ic in ihn noce.n t ml tsrptihr-- . d 1 o- as a cordm.l to l .e am rna fulness against cnnu~ an ~YP ~a"' inno with excess of labor-its when drooping With c~rc o~ b og t~e palm."-N. Y. Inde· this volume of' Fun-Jottmgs cars pendent. · . h' "It. funny and fascinatmg-a collcctio~ on~ilhs' d~s m:; sketchesIS- half com1.c , h a If ]Jathctic.''-0incLm1/tl1. Ilernl . . a story writer, has long heen "Mr. ·willis' rcputatwn afs th. k"nd of reading ·\"ill find a. bl' h d and lovers o IS 1 well esta 1S e ' . hi 1 c "-Jlariford Ti t1J.e-~. rich entertainment m t s vo urn . TilE FARM AND TilE FIRESIDE; OR, THE RCMANCE OF AGRICULTURE fiAP1 FOP.R3 OF UFE lN TflE COUNTRY, FOR "RAINY DAYS AND WIN".J.'EP. EVENiNGS. I>Y RE'T. JG~L-~ L. BLAKE, D.D. .j~.30D OF F.U.l::EP.'d ZVL.P.f , ._.., ~K; TilE FARMER AT IlOli:Ej .AND J. GF~H1'..4J~ _., J'Jr..JU>lllCAL DU.-'TIO.SA&Y. COMMENDATiGNS OF THE PERIODICAL PRESS, From the Ohio Farmer. Dn. BLAKE is justly regarded ns one of the best ngrieultural writers 10 the couott·y, nml the ·work befvro u~ is one of the most intcrestiug productions of his pen. Jts peculin1· merit, us a work for the fireside, consists in the v:ll'icty of its topics, its plain and simple, yet ntb·activo style, its fine engravings, nod the iuteresting romance which tho author has thrown m·ound Rural nod Agrieultuml Life. In this respect, "The Farm nod the Fir·esidc" is a. wor·k well odnpted to the youthful mind. We hvpe it may be cxtensi\'ely rend, ns it cnunot fail to improve the ta.sto uod promote inquiry in tho most useful nnd practical of nll departments of science, From the New-York Evangelist. The aim of the author hns been to throw over labor, home nod agricultural life, their true dignity nnd chnr·m ; to iub-oduce the fn1·mer to the delights and p1'i\·ilcgcs of his lot; to embellish the cares of toil with those kindly sentiments so naturally nsaocinted with the country tw.d its employments. It is a pleasant book-one that will enliven the |