The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-30
THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE
FARMERS GUIDE. ~

6uNA&O MUTT u Co., IA. 81 Geld nseet.
IL Nssc York, continue to publish the four lead
ing British Quarterly Reviews and Biackwood's
Magazine; in addition to which they have recent
ly commenced the publication Of a valuable Agri-
cultural work, called the -
. FARMER GUiDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRAcricAL
AGRICULTURE"
By HENRY STEPHENS, f. r. s., Of Edinburgh au-
thor of the Book Of the Farm, &C., &c.; assisted
ny JOHN F. NoRroN, M "a, New Haven, Professor
OF Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &c, 60
ms highly valuable work will comprise two
large royal octave volumes, containing over 400
pages with IL or 20 splendid steel engravings,
and more than 600 engravings on wood, in the
highest style Of the art, illustrating almost every
implement OF husbandry now in use by the best
farmers, the best methods Of ploughng planting,
haylng, harvesting, &C., &C., the various domes-
TIC animals in their highest perfectioh; in short,
the pictorial feature of the book in unique and
will render 1t of incalculable value to the student
Of agriculture.
The work is being published in semi monthly
numbers OF "a pages each, exclusive Of the Steel
engravings, and is sold IS cents EACH or As for
the entire work in numbers, (which there will be
at least twenty-five 1854 ~
The British Periodicals. re-pubished are ns fol2
lows, viz: 81
The LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW CONSERVATIVE,
The EDiNBuRcH REVIEW (Whig),
The NORTH BRIrisH Review Free church,, -
TIE WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Liberal.)
BLAcKwooD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE (Torv)
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political shades above Indicated, vet but a small
portion of their contents is devoted to political sub
Jects. II Is their literary character which gives
them their chief value and in that thew stand con
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and 49, at this time, unusually attractive from the
serial works OF Bulwer opd other literary noiables,
wr't'en 'or mat magnzlne, and first appearing in
It's columns both IN Great Britain and in The United
States Such works ms "The Caxtons' and "My
New Novel, Doth by Bulwer,) "My Peninsular
Medal, "The Green Hand, " and other serinls.
OF which Numerous rival editions are issued by the
Leading publishers IN this country have to be ref
printed by those publishers from the pages o.
backwood. after has been issued by Aiessrs Scot
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Magazine may always rely on having the earliest
reading of these fascinating tales.
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