The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-25
THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE
FARMERS GUIDE.

EONARD SCOTT d Co., No. 81 Gold street
IL .Nt,c York, continue to publish the four lead
ing British Quarterly Reviews and Blackwood'
Magazine; in addition to which they have recent
ly commenced the publication of u valuable Agri
cultural work, called the
. FARMERS 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 NORTON, M "A, New Haven Professor
Of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &C., 60
THIS highly valuable work will comprise two
large royal octave volumes, containing over 400
pages, with IL or 20 splendid steel engravings,
and more than GOO 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 ploughing, planting,
hayIng, harvesting, &C., &C., the various domes-
tic animals in their highest perfection; in short,
the pictorial feature of the book il unique, and
will Render Il Of incacuIabe value to the student
Of agriculture.
The work is being published in sen,i-monthly
numbers OF "a pages each, exclusive OF the Steel
engravlngs, ard is sold IS cents EACH or As for
the entire work IN numbers, OF which there will be
at least twenty-five.
The British Periodicals re-published are rs fol-
lows viz
The LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW Conner vative),
The EDINBURoH REVIEW (Whg),
The NORTH BRITISH REv,Ew Free Church),
The WEsrm'NsTER REvIEw Lberal.)
BLAcKwooD's EDiHBuRGm MAGAZINE (Tory)
Although these works are dsting uished by the
political shades above Indicated, yet but a small
portion of their contents is devoted 10 poitca sub
jects. Ii il their literary character which gives
them their chief value, and in that they stand con-
fessedly far above all other journals Of their class
Blackpood, still under The mastery guidance Of
Christopher North, maintains its ancient celebrity,
and is, at this time, unusually attractive from the
serial works Of Buwer and other literary no,ables
written for that magazine, and first appearing in
It's columns both in Great Britain and in the United
States Such works as "The Cations and .My
New Novel (both by BuIwer,) "My PennsuIar
Medal, /" "The Green Hand, !" and other serials.
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.
Blackwood, q1er il has been issued by Messrs Scot
r Co., so that subscribers to the reprint of that
Magazine may always rely on having the earliest
reading Of these fascinating tales
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For all four ofthe Reviews, 500
! For BlNckwood's Magazine 400
For Backwood and three Reviews, 900
For Lakewood and the four Reviews, 1000
For Farmers Guide Complete in % Nos.) 500
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ofthe four Reviews and Blackwood for $50 and
so on. t 'II
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