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Show 4 COMMENDATIONS OF TilE PRESS. r aodc•·ing nltrncti,·c the Yn•·ious brunches of Agl'iculturnl science. Jn. deed we know no nuthor who bus so succcssfully blcnd<>d the •·omnn· tic, the rum\ ami bc•uttiful with the poctic:Jl, the uncful, and true, ns has Dt·. Blake. 'l'his is a pl·culiat· fealtwc (l( :til his wo•·ks l1is style is plnin, '~;iu•pl<', awl JWr .. picuous; :md, wi!h utHJsu:Li tnct nod jmlgmeul, he ~o mn11:1g'1'8 to ius imml..e himself up<"~u you, that you n•·o nt once :unut>Nl, delighted, and i11stn•ct<.'d \\ ith the suUjcct he is discussiug. Iu this J'(.'!<JlCCt ho n:lie\'CS the study of ngt·iculluml science from the ubt>lrusclll'SS of tcdlllicnl ecicucc, nud tLus rcutlcrs himself easily comprclu:m.lcd hy all classes of readers. From the New-York Evening Post. 'l'hc author's obj<'cL is to impt'O \'C the soil through the mimi-not so much to pluce in the halll\8 uf f:u·mcrs the best mct!JoOs of raisiug Iaq,:-e crops-rur these he n:fct·s them to Lei big's Agrieultu1'nl Chcm· islrJ, and to treatises of the liko Ocs<!riptiou-lmt to mnke them feel how useful, agreeable, ami eu11obling, is the profession of ngt·icltltm·c, nnd, above all, how pt·ofitablc t bc business must become when skilfully nml economically carried on. 'fbcsc money-making cousiderntions nrc, we suspect, the best moral gu:mo th:tt can be npplicd to tile fill'1ncr's spi1·itunl soil. 'J'he nutho1· wt·itcs ·well of the countr·ym:m's indcpeudcncc, the good cfTcet of ft·cslt salubrious nir upon his hcnlth, nud the moml influence of his every-day intimacy with uatut·c upon his mind. "'J1tc FJU"m nnd the ]'it·cside" is n kinO of llucolicnl nnnunl-to be read in seasons of lcisme-iutcnded for tJu~ T'byllises and Chlocs, ns well ns for the Strephons anti Lindors. Dt·. Dlake has cnt·iched it with curious anecdotes of domestic nnimala, nnd of the best wny of raising und selling them. lie desct·i bes modcl-furms, nnd the lat·gc incomes made from them. lie cxpalintes ou the nO vantages of matrimony in rm·nl life, expounds tJ10 true theory of choosing n helpmate, discusses tlle adv:mtages of Sumlay-Schools, ar:.d recommends neatness of nttire nnd punctuality in bathing. In sho1t, this volume is ns divel'sificd in Jts nspeet ns the small garden of n judicious cultivator, whet·e, in n l imited space, useful cnbbngcs, potatoes, ami nll the solill esculent greens, gt·ow side by side with choice ft·uits nud pleasant flowers. IMMENSE SALE LEWIE; THE BENDED TWIG ! lllll @1J:rJ~~1'J (t;E;~:h"J Author of (I S.LVER LAKE STORIES/' EIGilTU THOUSAND NOW PRINTING No BooK sells like it~·Nonc so well supplies tne demand! Stp >rb.y Prmte<l and Beautifully Bonne\. Price from $ 1.00 to 8 1.75, according to style. AJ,I) g~. IIE illlllSI,EY & f'o., Anhnrn, N. Y., I , . WANz ~; ll, ll~•IHUSL~Y & Cu., nuehcslcr, N.Y., 1' ublishcrs. What the Press Say : CouSIN CICHY is very industrious-whether in penciling lights or shadows, in describing d()fn('Sttc sct•nery, or inculcating religious principles, the fair n.utbor possesses a happy fttcility, so ns to render her prorluctions alike ogreeable and instruclive.Prote. sla11t Clwrclwwn. This book is written in n style well calcul:tted to plcosc, and cont:tins an inestimable mond-plain, concise, nnd void of su pe rfluitic~, that a child may nndcrst.ancl it- clmracl('rs life-like :md well sustained1 anti the whole plan of the work is guud.Ya/ u Co. 11'/tig. |