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M,NrRFs. THE F>RwER'S WEALTm.-Bv Ag-
ricola. ms Is valuable pamphlet Ul u
pages, of which the first part contains brief
tables showing the chemical constitution in a
very general way. of most Of the substances
which are concerned in the growth of plants.
The major part Of the work is on nanures.
their kinds and their special uses. and the
way to produce. preserve and apply them.
1t is rare that so much sound and plain in
structon on such topics, is found in 50 short
compass This pamphlet, as we learn from
its author, is the precursor of fuller work
on the same subject.
PurNAN's MAGAZINE for May, which is now
upon our table, opens with a paper which
gives us peep into the unwrittcn history OF
Nebraska, and few facts for the future his
torian of that territory it is followed by the
conclusion of the Encantadas An hour with
Lamennais Fireslde Travels Henry Claya as
an Orator; The Car and the Sultan The
Zay-nis of Yam Ky, which the writer assures
us is translated from the Chinese of Tay-kin
"a distinguished author, by the way, who has
been much abroad of late,) and other read
able articles The Editorial Notes are even
more than usually full and interesting. As
to the variety. character, and timeliness ofits
papers, this is a model number. For sale by
Fuller.
DEsPorIsx IN AMERICA. BY Richard Hill
dreth. This work by the Author of history
of the United States and several other works,
is on the Slaveholding system in the United
States 1t treats of the relation''of master and
Slave, of the political results ot the Slave
holding system. of its economical results, of
it's personal results,-and OF its legal basis.
The main topics are distributed under several
distinct sections.
The style is sharp and forcible. Though
we think the severity of the authors Ian
guage towards individual men is such as to
awaken some distrust of his fairness, the
book contains great deal that is instructive
and suggestive.
Mr. iildreth considers the Slaveholding
system in our country as one of thorough-go-
ing despotism-and as such alien to the fun
damental principles Of political equality, lie
says - the southern States are in no modern
sense of the word, entitled to the appellation
of democracies They are aristocracies-
and missionaries of the sternest and most
odous kind And he is right in that posi-
ton Boston, j, F. Jewett n Co. For sale
by Huntington.
IL \ Ot N
tercsting and instructive sermons by Rev.
John Cumming. Minister of the Scottish Ma
tional Church, in London. The author has
taken for series of texts the several instances
mentioned in the eleventh chapter of
Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, from Abel TO
the prophets, of those who walked in life by
Faith, and who died in faith The discourses
are replctc with excellent thoughts, expressed
in IA lively and direct manner.
TnE CmrRcm BEFORE the FLooD. sermons
nv the same author, on a'variety OF topics
connected with the State Of the earth, the
lives of individuals named in Anti-dlu,ian
history, and the condition of the church be-
fore the Noachian Deluge. with abundant ap-
plications to the human family in these later
days. Whoever gets either of the above
hooks will get good book which will interest
the reader on perusal If he is not made the
better by it, the fault will he his own Both
are published by John p. ,Iewett X Co., Bos-
ton, and are for sale by Huntington.
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