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Show 2 COMMENDATIONS OF TilE PRESS. £reside, elcYnlc and purify the thoug:M!, and, at the snme time, imparl o. great deal of vnhmble ugdculturnl knowledge. "\V c know not how the natuml trains of thought of the farmer could be more aptly met. or more tmfely and agreeably led, than lUcy are by these bt·icf und -vnt·ied discus::~iuns. The mnge is as wide as life itself-morals, religion, l.Jusincss, recreation, education, home, wife and daughters-every rela· tion :wd duty is touched upon, gcui:JJy :wd instinctively. From the New-York Tribuno, We have here nnoilicr highly instructive nod entertaining volume from au author, who had lnid tho community uudct• large obligations by the enterprise nod bet with which he has so frequently catct·cd to tho popular tustc for descriptions of rural life. Its cOJltcnts fii'C of a very miscellaneous charnctcr, embracing: sketches of natural histm·y, accouutll of successful farming operations, anecdotes of distinguisheJ characters, singular personal l'eminisce:nccs, pithy moml reflections, nncluumcrous picturcsof houscholJ lifo in the country. No f:unily can aclcl this vo· lumc to ilicir collection of books wiiliout increasing their sources of pleusure nnd profit. From the Northern Christian Advocato. 'l11C vcncrnblo auU\Or of this work is f'ntitlcd to the wannest tJnmks of tho public for his numerous and valuable contributions to out' litera· tnrc. He is truly nn American cl:lssic. W c have been conve,·sant with his writings fur the last twenty years, nnd have nlwnys found them both useful and entertaining in n high dcgrec. llis w1·iliug:s on Agriculture contain much real science, with numerous illustt·ativc inci· dents, noccdolcs, nod apho1·isms, all in the most lively and plensiug manner. By this menus the d1·y details of farming business a!'c mado to possess all the interest of romance. 'J'ho style is clear, easy, nnd dignified; the matter inst!'uctivc, philosophical, nud pcrsunsi,·e. 'l'his work is au eloquent plcn. for the noble aud independent pu!'suit of Agricultw·e. From the National M:1gazine. We return our thanks for the new volume of Dr. Blake, ''The Fs.nn and tho Fircsirle, or the Roinnoce of Agriculture. being ~aU llours and OOY~IENDA.TIONS 01!, TITE PRESS. 3 Sketches of Life in the Countr •" , . . . tl~M smnrks _of the tnan ns w~{l ~s c~;nnmg tzllc: ccr~mlJ, ~nd ona dtyncss of sctcntific funns !Uld Cl'tHlit tho. countly. Eschcwmg tho tncned, but most eutet'tniuin"' n d o' dct:uls, tho author J>I'CBcnt.s dcgrca~. vaJ:idy of topics-fron~' th: "~i~ln very l>l,',ggc~tivo n~·ticlcs on n. Cow, -ll·om the" Value f L . d Goose to COJ.JSCICnc~.: in tho t1ons to cady Mart•iugcs." 0 'J'h:'~~~'!! i~n.n Commu~ity" to tho" Objec sncn a one as U10 f:u·mct· would lik ' 111 fine, cpute unique, nnd just wiutcr evenings. c to pore O\'Cr at his fhcsidc on lung From tho New-York Recorder "'l'ho Fm·m nud tJJc Fireside" . . . WOI·k, bci.ng a SCI·ies of Sketches' r~sl::~i~::ost mtc~·esting nud valuable ~ncz·ous loudrcd a1·ts and sciences, inters >e~·s to A?I'ICul_ture nncl the nu· msh·uction, ndatltetl to tilC life of the fa~·mc;~ With nusccllaocous mornl From the Germantown Telegraph, W c have looked through this WOJ'k •tnd nnd feel n JegTec of satisfaetiuu in ~a ·i~·:n~h~om.c of the "Sketches,'' mc~·it, 2.md will cummcml itst:lf, whercv~1. ~no"~~ .'t po~scsscs decided s~ew'~ lntc,·cst nml euter·tainmcnt. The skctchc~ ,\:~~ \O~.um~. of much LifO generally-some uf them nt·e just suflici llpl tse c.ouult·y manec to give them additional zest; while othec·ntl~ touched wtth. 1'0· and rclaLc to the fm·mel'·s pursuit. W c I'C •·trd 1 ~ ~1 c put·cly pmettcnl, nn~ aJ·c ~ITY ow· limits will not admit of'bcsto~vi~,. a valm~blc book, notiCe us 1t really clesen'cs. o upon 1t such a . From Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Thts work is a collcdion of miscellaneous sk t of Agl·icultme nod nural Lifl'. .Ma~h'!'S of c chcs on the Romance eluded fzvm the volume wl. ·I . . f.tct, ho\\"C\·er, arc nut ex· ' ttt l IS \\ell ndapted fol' rc d' . watches of leisure cujoyed nt tho fanner's fit·esidc. a mg IU the From the True Democrat, tm Dr. Blake's publications nrc nll of a high order nncl nr d . portao.t work towards refining the taste, imp~;iog th: io~:e:t,:~ |
