MAR. 15, 1871. It is said that Madame "George Sand," who owns to sixty-seven years, will make a tour in Asia during the ensuing spring, her principal object being to collect materials for a new work, to be entitled "Religions of the East." MR. BLANCHARD JERROLD's new work, "At Home in Paris at Peace and at War," is strongly and apologetically in favor of the ex-Emperor. MR. BAILEY, author of "Festus," a dramatic poem of great merit, and of two other poems not so good, has written the "Life Recluse," consisting of 250 lines, for publication in the "Gentleman's Magazine." MR. LABOUCHERE's letters from Paris, during the siege, were more attractive in "The Times" than Dr. W. H. Russell's rather tedious correspondence, and will soon be published in book form as a "Diary of a Besieged Resident in Paris." The volume will contain many letters that have not yet appeared, some of which were picked up at sea, and others found in balloons which had descended in various parts of Europe. MR. LESLIE STEPHEN, the "London Observer" says, has been appointed to the editorship of the "Cornhill Magazine." Not only is Mr. Stephen well qualified, from his high literary reputation, to fill this post, but there is a special fitness in the editorship of the "Cornhill" being held by a son-in-law of the great novelist under whose auspices the "Cornhill Magazine" was first produced. THE Hon. Mrs. Norton is said to be writing the Lives of the Poets-Laureate of England. As early as the reign of Richard II., towards the close of the fourteenth century, Geoffrey Chaucer had the title of Poet-Laureate, with an annual allowance of wine. Charles I. provided this court-officer with a salary of one hundred pounds a year, and one tierce of Canary wine, to be annually taken from the royal cellar. The salary is still paid, but the wine is no longer supplied. The Poets-Laureate from the time of Elizabeth, have been Spencer, Daniel, Ben Jonson, Sir W. Davenant, Dryden, Shadwell, Nahum Tate, Nicholas Rowe, Rev. Lawrence Eusden, Colley Cibber, W. Whitehead, Thomas Warton, H. J. Pye, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and Alfred Tennyson, appointed in 1850. The New Year's Odes, Birthday Odes, and other poetical eulogies, were discontinued, on the appointment of Dr. Southey, in 1813. Their authorship must have been a dreadful task-work to such of the Laureates as really were poets. AN English translation of "Arnliot Gellina," one of the latest productions of Bjorson, the Norwegian poet and novelist, will soon be published in London. THE London Gazette contains a trade notice of the dissolution of the partnership of Charles Dickens and W. H. Wills, Wellington Street, Strand, publishers and proprietors of "All the Year Round." AMONG the recent autographic acquisitions of the British Museum are the "Lay of St. Cuthbert,' and others of the famous Ingoldsby Legends, in the autograph of the Rev. R. H. Barham. Miss Edgeworth's autograph copy of her "Helen," as printed in 1834, is also among last year's purchases, as well as Bishop Percy's correspondence with Shenstone and Dr. Farmer; and the old printer Berthelette's accounts for printing statutes and other books for the King, &c. papers are now published in London; of these 15 Or the amusing satirical brochure, entitled "The Fight in Dame Europa's School," over 120,000 copies were sold in one month, in England. It is said that the writer was for some time unable to get a publisher, though he offered to sell the manuscript for a guinea. At last an adventurous printer, in Salisbury, put it into type, on condition that onethird of any profit should go to himself, one-third to the author, and one-third to a London publisher who allowed his name to be put on the title-page. Within one month each of the three had realized about $4000. Nothing so suggestive, saucy, and simple as this satire had appeared in England, had been published in London since 1712, when the first part of "The History of John Bull," intended to ridicule the Duke of Marlborough, created a great senSwift's Works, but its author was Dr. Arbuthnot, a sation. This has been repeatedly republished, in clever Scotchman, who was on the most intimate terms with Pope, Swift, Gay, as well as with Harley, of the Scriblerus Club, a brilliant but short-lived Atterbury, and Congreve, all of whom were members social company of poets, wits, scholars, and statesmen, in the latter years of Queen Anne's reign. The memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus (usually attributed to Pope, but also written by Arbuthnot), the Art of Sinking in Poetry, and the Travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver, may be considered among the fruits of the Scriblerus Club. IN Holles Street, London, in the house afterwards occupied by Mr. Churton, bookseller, for many years, Lord Byron was born, on the 22d of January, 1788. Most of his works written in England were produced while he was in London. "The Corsair,' he said, was composed "while pacing up and down Albemarle Street," in which his friend John Murthe Albany, where, at No. 12, Macaulay wrote his ray, the publisher, lived. "Lara" was written in James's Street, where Childe Harold appeared, and History of England." Byron lived at No. 8 St. "awoke and found himself famous.' "The Gi our" and the "Bride of Abydos" date from No. 4 Bennett Street. "Parasina" and "The Siege of Corinth" were written at 139 Piccadilly, from which place his wife, "The Moral Clytemnestra of her MR. F. MAY, in a useful little volume, the Lord," left him early in 1816, never to return. "London Press Directory," gives some interesting "Manfred" and all Byron's subsequent works were statistics of journalism. It appears that 316 news-written after he had quitted England, in 1816. MAR. 15, 1871. LORD ST. LEONARDS, twice Lord Chancellor of circumstances), “Play” in 1868, “School" in 1869, Ireland, and once of Great Britain, is better known and "M.P." in 1870. Mr. Robertson's career at the among lawyers and booksellers by his family name. Prince of Wales's was unchequered. The audience To this day, the work entitled "Sugden 'On would listen to no one else. Mr. Boucicault and Mr. Powers,' very valuable to what are called estate Edmund Yates both tried to compete with the popuand property lawyers, is of standard authority. He lar Prince of Wales author, but unsuccessfully. completed his ninetieth year on the 12th of last At other theatres Mr. Roberston was naturally month, having been born in 1781; is now, as the sought after. He has given "Home" to the Hayoldest member, "father" of the House of Lords, market, "Dreams" to the Gayety, "For Love" to and, as he was called to the bar sixty-four years the Holborn, "Shadow Tree Shaft" to the Princess's, ago, is probably "father" of the legal profession in "A Rapid Thaw" and "War" (his last work) to the England, also. It is singular what longevity is at- St. James's; and he has written several plays, such tained by eminent lawyers in England. St. Leo- as "Birth" and "The Passion Flowers," which have nards, Lyndhurst, and Brougham, severally passed only been acted in the provinces. Mr. Robertson the age of ninety, and Campbell and Pollock nearly also wrote the libretto to an opera by Mr. F. Clay, reached it. Lord St. Leonards, who has repeatedly called "Constance," which was produced at Cobeen paragraphed in the newspapers as dead (last vent Garden, and an entertainment for the German year even "The Times" was mistaken, and pub- Reeds, called "A Dream of Venice." He was a lished a memoir of him), enjoys the use of all his brilliant conversationalist, and he told a story with intellectual faculties, and continues to read, mark, a rich unction and appreciation (particularly anecand digest regularly the reports of all the important dotes of his theatrical experiences), which made cases which come before the Law Courts, and to him invaluable as a companion, and a treat at the annotate them with marginal remarks of his own, dinner-table. He made no enemies. He was behis handwriting, which is very neat and legible, be- loved in private as much as he was appreciated in ing as firm and regular as ever. public. No one envied him his success, for which he struggled with such untiring energy, though all regret that he died with the laurel-wreath only just planted on his brow. MR. THOMAS W. ROBERTSON, the dramatist, whose death, at the comparatively early age of forty-two, we noticed in our last, had histrionic parents, and his brothers and sisters also have been and are theatrical performers. Being but an indifferent actor, he soon tried his hand at play-writing, but with more perseverance than success; for manager after manager refused his productions. He translated, for various theatres, a number of French pieces. In 1860 he settled down in London, as an author. Ten years ago he edited a mining journal, to whose pages he contributed a novel, which was subsequently dramatized by him, and called "Shadow Tree Shaft." He wrote for the best light periodicals of that time; he was dramatic critic of the "Illustrated Times," to which newspaper he also contributed some admirable dramatic sketches, which ought to have been republished long ago; he threw in his fortunes with those of a little band of struggling authors like himself, and together, each Christmas, they produced a nosegay of novelettes. The plots of most of Mr. Robertson's Prince of Wales's plays will be found in these little Christmas volumes. Undaunted by this never-ending periodical and newspaper writing, Mr. Robertson still wrote plays, and they were constantly rejected. "Society," the play which made Mr. Robertson, was in the Haymarket for many months, and was even tually sent back, to the bitter disappointment of the author, though, no doubt, he subsequently blessed the day when "Society" was rejected at a theatre where it would, very probably, have failed. At last, in 1864, Mr. Sothern listened to Mr. Robertson, and "David Garrick"-an adaptation of a French piece called "Sullivan"-was bought, paid for, and produced. Soon after, the Prince of Wales's Theatre was opened by his friend and brother dramatist, Mr. Byron, who allowed him to produce "Society," and Mr. Robertson's name was made. There was something so fresh and charming in the style, such an utter absence of conventionality about the whole thing, the artists-most of them new to London-were so clever, and the play so bright, that the Prince of Wales's Theatre and Mr. Robertson became the talk of the town. Thus, having got his foot on this ladder at the little theatre, up went Mr. Robertson. He knew exactly the strength and cleverness of his company, and he Ctted it to a nicety. "Society" was followed by Ours" in 1866, "Caste" in 1867 (certainly his best work, and one which must be popular under any PERIODICALS. Old and New. March. Old and New.-The United States of Europe.A Country Girl at the Opera (Anna D. Ludlow).Compensation (L. B. Moore).-The Growth and Power of a Plant (Robert Dale Owen).—Pink and White Tyranny: continued (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Watching (Mary N. Prescott).-The Pilgrim Fathers' Legacy (Charles Lowe).-American Political Science (William Barry).-Her Answer (Lulu Gray Noble).-Potter, Humphreys, Hardin (John A. Bolles).-A Valentine.-Zerah Throop's Engagement (Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney).-Hecuba and Ulys ses (from Euripides).-The Church of England. The Problem Solved (Mary C. Peckham).-The Examiner.-Fine Arts.-Record of Progress. Boston: Roberts Bros. Good Words. March. The Sylvestres (M. De Betham-Edwards).George Heath, the Moorland Poet (Robert Buchanan). Thoughts on the Temptation of our Lord (the Editor).—" Sun Comes, Moon Comes" (Alfred Tennyson, with Music by Arthur Sullivan).-The his Rights and Wrongs (author of "Ginx's Baby"). Coolie: A Journey to British Guiana to Inquire inte Government, Governors, and Governing Classes."Queer Jean" (author of "Peasant Life in the North").-How to Think (author of "Friends in Council").-First Impressions of France and Italy (Nathaniel Hawthorne).-The Devil's Boots (William Gilbert).-On Soldiers' Children (Rev. Patrick Beaton). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Good Words for the Young. March. A Scene in France in November, 1870 (author of Citoyenne Jacqueline"). — King Arthur's Great Boar Hunt: An Ancient British Fairy Tale (author of "Stone Edge").-In Church: A Lilliput Lecture (author of "Lilliput Levee").-The Village School on Sunday (author of "Child-Nature").The Boy Hugh Miller (Adam How Patrick).—Lock and Key: A Lilliput Revel (author of "Lilliput Levee”).— More Adventures (Lady Barker).-By the SeaShore (author of "The Children's Journey").—The Princess and the Goblin (the Editor).-The Poacher's Ferret (Mrs. George Cupples).-My Little Gypsy Cousin (Henry Holbeach). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. MAR. 15, 1871. The Sunday Magazine. March. Perowne).-Tares and Wheat (Rev. Hugh MacYour Life and Mine: A Chronicle of Struggles millan).-William Cowper and his Hymns (Isabella and Hopes (A City Man).-Indifference (C. J. L. Bird).-Power on the Woman's Head Because Vaughan, D. D.).—America and the Americans of the Angels (Rev. Samuel Cox).-The Jewish Impressions of a Three Months' Visit in 1870 (W. New Year and Day of Atonement (author of "PassG. Blaikie, D. D.).—" The Lord Careth" (B.).— over Observances").-Two Naval Officers (H. J.). How to Study the Old Testament (W. Lindsay--Spring (Rev. J. Cunningham Geikie).-Waiting Alexander, D. D.).—Threescore Years and Ten (G. A. Simcox).-Abraham's Sacrifice: An Attempt to Interpret Genesis xxii. 1-19 (Rev. J. J. Stewart for the Dawn (F. C.).—Supplement: Notes for Readers Out of the Way. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. RELIGIOUS. BOOK NOTICES. Handbook for Funerals. Prepared by Rev. William P. Breed, D. D. Roan limp. 16mo. pp. 95. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication. This little volume has been prepared especially for the use of ministers of the Presbyterian Church, when officiating at funerals. It contains a number of appropriate passages selected from the Scriptures, prayers, and poetic selections. It is issued in a limp roan binding, and may be conveniently carried in the pocket. Notes Explanatory and Practical of the Acts of the Apostles. Designed for Sunday-School Teachers and Bible-Classes. By Albert Barnes. pp. vii., 418. New York: Harper & Brothers. not only from ministers, but from professional educators, who have come to consider the subject one deserving of earnest study, and worthy of their best efforts; and, as a consequence, this department of literature is receiving contributions from the best talent of the country. The book whose title is given above serves the purpose of a manual or handbook for Sabbath-school teachers and superintendents, in the work of visible illustration of Bible truths, and will be found of great value to all interested in the education of the young, whether secular or religious. It furnishes a great variety of practical hints and exercises which will enable teachers to invent readily and present successfully lessons and illustrations of their own. The work is the result of many years of labor and practical In our last number we noticed the fact that Mr. experience as a Sunday-school superintendent. Barues, just prior to his death, had prepared a Many of the lessons and exercises are original with revised edition of his "Notes on the New Testa- the author, and have been practically tested in his Two volumes, devoted to the gospels, have own school, while the best productions of experialready appeared, and the volume now before us enced blackboard delineators have been contributed contains the exposition of the Acts of the Apostles. for the purpose of rendering the volume a standard The last three pages contain a brief and judicious and practical guide. Special prominence is given statement of what is known or what may reason- to the subjects of picture-teaching and blackboardably be believed of the labors of the Apostle Paul, mapping, and under these heads are presented sugsubsequent to the date at which Luke's narrative gestive examples, as well as practical directions, closes. Our author states no reason for dissenting by the aid of which any teacher will be able to from the general belief that the Apostle was be-construct for himself illustrations suited to his headed at the Salvian Waters, about three miles from Rome, and buried in the Ostian Way, where the church was afterwards erected, though he says there is no " absolute certainty" of this. ment." Home Religion. By the Rev. W. B. Mackenzie. pp. 137. The Lord's Prayer. By Henry J. Vandyke, D. D. pp. 194. The first of these works treats practically and sensibly of the subject indicated in the title. In the second of the works named, Dr. Vandyke seeks to draw attention to the Lord's Prayer, both as a form and as a model. He devotes a chapter to each of its several portions, but his treatment is hortatory rather than expository or theological. We notice that in adverting briefly to the meaning of the word "daily," he expresses the opinion that "daily bread" is equivalent to "bread of substance." He writes with fervor, and his appeals and expostulations are touching and impressive. EDUCATIONAL. Object and Outline Teaching: A Guide-Book for Sunday-School Workers. Designed to explain, defend, and exemplify the use of objects, the blackboard, maps, and pictures in Sunday-school teaching. By Rev. H. C. McCook. Illustrated. pp. xii., 438. St. Louis: J. W. McIntyre. The work of Sunday-school instruction has, within recent years, received increased attention, needs. The general scope of the work, and the mode of treatment, appear to be well adapted to the peculiar wants of Sabbath-school workers, who want methods rather than principles. FICTION. In Exile. Translated from the German of W. Von The chapters of this novel which we have had It is a Miss Yonge is certainly a prolific writer. We have seen an enumeration of about fifty works by her, and it is stated that a collective edition in the German language has appeared in Germany. "The Heir of Redclyffe" is, perhaps, the most popular of her works of fiction. It is a picture of domestic life, sketched with gracefulness and truthfulness, and inculcating, as does all that the author writes, a sound moral lesson. The volumes before us are a very handsome specimen of cloth binding. MAR. 15, 1871. Saint Cecilia; a Modern Tale from Real Life. Part It abounds in keen observations and profound re This is an English story of domestic life and experience, with a vein of religious and reflective thought running through it. It is written in a quiet, subdued style, free from everything spasmodic, and addressed rather to the reflective than the emotional side of the reader. Checkmate. By J. S. Le Fanu. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 182. Philadelphia: Evans, Stoddart & Co. The plot of this tale is the most ingeniously constructed of any we have recently read. Adventures of the most startling kind follow in quick succession, and the conclusion is arrived at by means no less strange than novel. The device of altering the expression of the features by means of a surgical operation upon the facial muscles, by which a criminal hopes to escape detection, is something new in the realms of fiction, though it may possibly have been suggested by a somewhat similar practice described in Victor Hugo's "L'Homme qui Rit." Himself his Worst Enemy; or, Philip Duke of Wharton's Career. By Alfred P. Brotherhead. 8vo. pp. 374. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. There are few men whose career offers more material for the novelist than that of Philip, Duke of Wharton, of whom Pope, in his "Moral Essays," wrote so truly and so bitterly "Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days." Alternately serving with unscrupulous zeal the government of George I., or plotting with the exiled James for the return of the Stuarts, plunged into every kind of dissipation and crime, petted and flattered by his admirers on account of his brilliant talents, after squandering an ample fortune he at length died in exile, amid all the miseries of extreme poverty. The author has made excellent use of his materials, and the result is a very readable story. The pictures of society and manners, the South Sea bubble, and other events, are true to history, and with but little coloring. The book is the maiden effort of the writer, and does infinite credit to the extent of his historical studies. HISTORY. The History of Greece. By Professor Dr. Ernst This history of Greece is a companion work to Mommsen's Rome. The two works were, we believe, intended by their authors, and by the German publishers, to form portions of the same series of publications. Their purpose was to exhibit, in a popular form, and for the benefit of general readers, the latest results of modern Greek and Roman study. It has been found, however, that in England and America the volumes have been rather regarded as addressed to scholars, and hence certain criticisms have been made on Mommsen's Rome, which are wholly inapplicable when its original purpose is considered. It is said, for instance, that the author does not refer the reader to his authorities, or to the sources of his statements. This is not a fault to which German writers are usually addicted, but it is quite evident that such references would be out of place in a book intended to be of a popular sort, as was the case with this history. Prof. Curtius, in his history of Greece, follows the same general plan as Mommsen. The flections, which commend it to the statesman and sociologist, as well as the historian. The author's aim is to furnish us with the kernel rather than the husk of events; to trace them to their real origin, analyze the significance of the appearances which they present, and show how they have moulded the development, not only of the Hellenes themselves, but of subsequent generations. present volume contains two books, the first of which treats of the Greeks before the Dorian Mithe Land and People, the Pre-historic Ages of the gration, subdivided into four chapters relating to Hellenes, the Earliest States, and the Migrations and Changes among the Greek Tribes. The second book continues the narrative from the Dorian Migration to the Persian Wars, and consists of three of Peloponnesus, History of Attica, and the Helchapters, which treat respectively of the History lenes beyond the Archipelago. JUVENILE. Emma Parker; or, Scenes in the Homes of the City Frank Austin's Diamond. By the Author of "The 16mo. PP. The Child Captives; a True Tale of Life among the The Moravian Indian Boy; a Tale of the Pilgrimage LEGAL. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. By J. Shaaff Stockett, State Reporter. Vol. 32. pp. xiii., 655. Baltimore: John Murphy. The reports embraced in the present volume isclude the cases of October term, 1869, and Apri term, 1870, the last opinion having been delivered June 23d of last year. The Court of Appeals consists of eight judges, which is a greater number than is found on the Supreme Bench of many States much larger than Maryland. The cases seem to be carefully reported by Mr. Stockett, the argument of counsel being given at greater or less length, according to the importance of the subject-matter. Among the points decided we find it held in one of the opinions that where an offer is made by letter, an acceptance by written communication takes effect from the time when the letter containing the acceptance is mailed, and not from the time when it is received by the other party. Murphy & Co. are the publishers of the Maryland Code, and Supplements, Constitution, &c.; and they also announce as in preparation for early publication a "Treatise on the Testamentary Laws of Maryland," by W. Wheeler, Esq. MAR. 15, 1871. MEDICAL, The Transmission of Life; Counsels on the Nature and Hygiene of the Masculine Function. By George H. Napheys, A. M., M. D. 12mo. pp. x., 151. Philadelphia: J. G. Fergus & Co. tions for the successful culture of trout, together with plans and diagrams of the artificial ponds, hatching houses, &c., used in the process. Wonderful Escapes. Revised from the French of F. Bernard, and Original Chapters added. By Richard Whiteing. pp. vi., 308. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. We feared, on taking up this work, to find it. another of those productions of which there have been enough, either too technical to be intelligible to The general character of Scribner's "Illustrated the general reader, or filled with vague platitudes. Library of Wonders" has, by this time, become Such, however, is far from being the case. It treats, pretty generally known to the trade and to readers. in popular and forcible language, the medical The present is an additional volume, in which we aspects of some of the most flagrant vices of mo- have a collection of nearly fifty narratives of wondern life, born of ignorance of physiological laws. derful escapes, beginning with that of Aristomenes As a work on the preservation of individual health the Messenian, about 684 B. C., as told by Pausaby the special prevention of those disorders pecunias, and winding up with that of the Fenian Headliar to the male sex, it is filled with most valuable Centre, James Stephens, in 1865. suggestions. Many eminent educators testify to its usefulness and elevated moral tone. Those who are acquainted with the author's "Physical Life of Woman," will find this new book fully equal to that very popular and extraordinarily successful work, to which it may be said to form a sequel, be ing addressed to the other sex. We are glad to see that able physicians are coming forward to give to the public information on subjects of such interest to every reading man. The appearance of this work by a physician and writer so well and favorably known as Dr. Napheys, and indorsed by eminent members of the regular profession, educators, and divines, is a sign of the decadence of the exclusive reign of quackery in an important branch of personal hygiene. The book is dedicated, by permission, to Rev. John Todd, D. D., and among its warmest commendators we notice Bishops Levi Scott and T. A. Morris, Presidents Abner Jackson, Samson Talbot, Geo. W. Samson, Prof. Noah Porter, the Rev. Drs. Horace Bushnell, Leonard Bacon, Avery Shepherd, C. P. Sheldon, etc. etc. MISCELLANEOUS. A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art. By Clara Erskine Clement. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. pp. iv., 497. New York: Hurd & Hough ton. This is a compact and convenient handbook of reference for the use especially of travellers in inspecting the art-galleries of Europe, and as such supplies a great desideratum, embracing as it does all subjects of a mythological or legendary character which are illustrated in painting or sculpture in the galleries of Rome, Florence, the Louvre, Munich, Venice, Dresden, and Berlin. The book is evidently the product of considerable study and research. The arrangement being alphabetical, facilitates reference, while copious illustrations throughout the book afford a good key or guide in the consideration of the topics treated. For the general reader, as well as for the tourist, the book will be found very acceptable, as it contains a large fund of information upon art matters. The subjects embraced are: Symbolism in Art; Legends and Stories which have been illustrated in Art; Legends of Place; Ancient Myths illustrated in Art. The volume is gotten up in elegant style, being printed on superfine tinted paper, while the typography and general mechanical execution are of the best description. Trout Culture. By Seth Green. 8vo. pp. 90. All persons interested in fish culture will be glad to find that Mr. Seth Green, who is probably the first authority on the subject, has at length given to the public the results of his long experience. The pamphlet contains all the needful direc Chips from a German Workshop. By F. Max Müller, M. A. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities. pp. 492. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. The first and second volumes of this series appeared in 1869, and though they bear a very reflections, and are indeed among the most intemodest title, they abound in erudition and in wise resting of recent contributions to the department of born and educated in Germany, has written most literature to which they belong. Müller, though of his works in English, and for twenty years has held a professorship in the University of Oxford. His life has been devoted to oriental studies, and chiefly to Sanscrit, which he began under Professor Brockhaus, at Leipzig, nearly thirty years ago. As a general comparative philologist, he is unquestionably one of the most eminent of living authorities. These volumes of "Chips" are quite intelligible to the general reader, and they will be found to teem with novelty and curious observations. The The articles are diversified in their nature. The This is a truly practical and highly useful book; and on a subject which interests the dwellers in the country, among whose occupations it is to rear the tree, and care for the preservation of its fruit as a valuable part of the food of man. The language is concise and clear; free from technical terms, which are not always understood, and, therefore, apt to disgust uneducated readers in the agricultural class. The various processes, from the preparation of the ground set apart for an orchard, up to the precautions to be regarded in preparing the fruit for market, are all stated with the greatest precision and clearness, which leaves nothing in uncertainty or which can be misunderstood by any reader. On the various subjects of grafting, budding, pruning, insect depredators and remedies against them, the work is quite full, and embraces many new processes in the course of their discussion. The lessons intended to be taught in this book, |