The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-07 00:00:00

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MAGAZINES.

7he .1 et Journal. —This bands-me perimlioal for
Au•uAtll tel.onr.l l.y tba, lovely picture of J. 11. S.
MAun's ••lIuI,. ,u rplrAve.l by Franck—
um...lours the liret purttou of Mr. P. M. ii&Olt.11011.11
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•• 'Aber Meutormlis," living sketches of sky forms
s(.te the manner of J. W. M. T • iaraleable art
rstokirts' books—illu,States Moroni Wilma as the
seventh of the series of "Modern l'ainters of Bel-
by giving wood engravings of his pictures,
•• The N'trit," .• Love's Messenger," "Confidence."
however, the tiuest of the line engravings
ju tots month's number is Consen's rendering of
r's admirable picture of "The Fountain the
pr.prrtv. of Mr. N irtue, the publisher of the Art
Mrs. Bury Palliser's "Historic Devices
3,1 It.olges " are more remarkable than ever.
in 'o,althe letier press, the most attractive is, of
Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. llall'e contribution on
Ito A ut hors of the Age," for the subject is William
W.,r,iewenth. The third line engraving in she DM-
the statuesque engraving "Time Muse of
r.out,ng“ blames Ward's sculpture).

iin-lisood resumes the exquisitely written "Nina
risisika : the Story of • Maiden of Prague ;" gives •
clear statistical, yet highly readable account of
I:ritish America in all its colonial ramideations, with
a je,lictoua discuesiou on the grand scheme of Coa-
-I,ll.ration. "Sir Brook Fosehrooke" is well ens-
toned. It seems to deal almost with 000 temporary
peieons and events in Ireland. The paper on "Art
Polities and Proceedings" in a critique principally on
the Elhibitioa of the Itsiyal AcademT ; "The Nile,"
a review 14 Mr. Samuel White Baker • most interest-
ing is.ok "Thu Albert Nyeuxt, Great Basin of the
the "Nib! to p,sir Capt. Speke's African
dissniveries. Cornelius O'Dowd puts in a shams".
is me appearauce in the shape of "War Notes" from
Italy. and other continental complications; but a
e.noplete review of the Continental War is reserved
for • separate ankle The political summary winds
up; it IS dedicated to a favourable vaticination on
the prospect* of the new Ministry.
(hi,. Owls Fire.ide.—This excellent, cheap, and
praiseworthy inagszoie contains contributions from
.Mr.. Webb, the author of Naomi, Benjamin Gough,
4:. liatherly, Rev. T. Rein, Mrs. Howitt, Mrs.
C. L. Baltiur, J. Kerr, Eaq., and the Bev. F. 0.
241-ri is, ILA. Mr. Hatherly's contribution is a
cradle sung, the words by Dr. ilauswelL
s,W,,mre (Amp illustrate' in its usual happy,
nataral, and unaffected meaner Ladybirds, Fern
Cultivation (Wardian Cases). Vegembie and ath, r
Caterpillars, Spider Crabs, the great Saw Fly, Water
Beetles.

the .11usical Times and Singiug Clam Circular
hu • vary pretty four•part song, " Awake, my lovo,
•••ks," compmed by J. H. Walker, of Rugby.

Po: Julio& of Agriculture appairs, this mouth
as last, in its new character of a monthly
instead of • quarterly, and is certainly much
fresher and more handy in its new form. Mr. John
Evian writes on the ludance of the Mode and Con-
dawns of lanai Farms on Agriculture—the Old
fulk Farmer on our Foreign Supplies of Casa and
Animal Food. A paper on the Permanent improve-
meut . I lauded Estates is illustrated by flee sway-
leg& Tucro is • brief but valuable article on the
lutroduction of Domestic Animals of Enrope, and
eloccially th Os into the Countries of the Itio de la
Plata. Professor Gunge' concludes his strictures
on La Cattle Plague. A festers of much importance
A: 'musts in a resume of the Facts and Results mho.
died in the Prize Easys of the Highland and Agri-
cultural Society of Scotland, pending the pubhcs.
ti,, of these papers in e4C1410 in the Society's
• Transactions." The whole concludes with • re-
trospect of the month under the heads,--Seseon and
Crops,— the Grain Trade,—Live Stook,—Wool,—
Cattle Plague, Education,—Societies,—and Events
in th.neral, with an Obituary. It will therefore be
seen that the publication is completely inspired
with the idea of walking abreast of the time.

Home !',et: a dreads book for Old and Young.
This work p.omises be be well embellished, and
is cheap as well as attractive. It 'suntans tell.
stone articles by the Rev. Dr. Guthrie and other
excellent names, besides many capital meteoric na.
scot, Lsesoiheil : Hurray's Handbook for
Se diand has begun to appear in pert& lt is &restaged
an alphabetical order, and Hie operriog article will
hest show its value to tourists.
AhreAsford, •• romance in stone and lime,' the
theittlie I home of the Great Novelist of Scotland,
I. on the southern beak of the Tweed, a sheet way
belond the junction of the Bala water; and so many
pilAtini, fiat' their way there that Abbotsford Ferry
is Oven ill • station on the short railway leading fro.n
Gshohielo to Selkirk, the distance being 21 miles
from the fontter town. Before the gifted writer made
th • ;dote what it nose is, it bed but the Tweed Wore,
th-- neer Look beyond, and 'green Ettotok. in the
th.tnnee to recommend it; now all is changed fer,the
piLtor,otue, as might have been looked for. The
he might almost he called, of this locality.
records 'as. I walked home by one of the hundred
soj occ ple.oht, paths which I bars made through the
woods I hoe. planted: and elsewhere, 1 promise yon
in; oak. mint main when my frt...1.,
I. use is haat in an amphitheatre of wood ; ravines,
eavodto, bowers, lokeo, the Tweed.—all add to the
et • The Yoet's Home.' As for the mansion,
It se enrlehed with historic stones and antiquarian
treour.• how every port of the land. The ball is
ad .ro.I with • row of shields, emblazooed, and
with armour Itch and rare, the tide of which
few cull totter tell. In one of the minor
hills, err; wespon there has its story sprawled.
ad these relies of the • romance of fleatish
ocity' are arranged with exquisite taste. Of the
pictures, that of the bead of Mary, Queen of Scots,
p.intet the dae after her sangria's, may be the most
Yalu shis. rbe drawing-roan is superb; and the library,
tli,lorge.t apartment bath, mansion, has the root richly
coved, like the sculptures of Roslin or Melrose; and
the bnoleo, nearly 2%000 in number. are many of them
very rare—as Sir Walter Scott would be a ' judicious
eotlevor.' in the study is a small writing-table, a plain
arm-chair encored with black leather, and • single chair
be•ide.; arid in n.m.11 closet adjoiniag, us ler a glass
cao, are itch dy clothes worn by Sir Walter Scott—
'the hroldoltitte.l cost, with large buttons, the plaid
homer., tl.e heavy shoes, the broad-rimmed hat end
stout walking-tick; the dress in which he rambled
shout in the morning, and laid off when he took to his
b... 1 in li. I.st illt.e.a.' Abbotsford is about six miles
front Melr.c .." Pee Advertisement.]