The Portland daily press., 1874-04-11
FERNS $500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.

our country's history of which we dwellers in
'ne East know so little. 1t is a book which
may De read with profit and interest by all,
ana one which we can most heartily recon-
mend.
PLEASANT TALK ABOUT FRurrs Frovpps AND
ASe. BY Henry Ward Beecher. New York:
r-, o'u ~ Co. For sale by Hoyt & Fogg
""' PERSONS are there, who, upon merely
reauinS the title of this charming book. do
not feel within them an irresistihie dos;ra 70
dig and delve in the fresh damp eart., 40 Late
ly loosed from its wntry bands; to burn I'D
rubbish, to plant seeds, to inhale the fresh
rich smell of the newly turned soil, to become
grimy with perspiration and dirt and to draw
In new life with every breath The book is q
collection, made with infinite pains by the
publishers, OF the contributions of Henry
Ward Beecher to numerous agricultural pa
pers apd magazines during the last thirty
years. 1t is perfect encyclopedia of farm
ing, and one which no farmer should be with
out, for no matter how practical and well in
formed he may be as to the details OF his busi-
ness, he cannot fail to find within its pages
some valuable hints of which he would lave
otherwise remained in ignorance So thor
ough is the authors treatment of his subject
that there seems to be moth ng connected
with agriculture so trivial as to be overlooked
by him. A particularly good article Is the
Portrait of the Anti-Book Farmer" in
which vivid comparison is drawn between
the farmer who refuses to act upon any ad-
vice which he may receive from book or pa
per merely because it is printed, and cense-
quently bookish, but will gladly receive the
same advice from the lips of his neighbor and
the intelligent farmer who subscribes to the
best agricultural papers and profits by their
carefully selected matter. The book is hand
somely bound. contains 49s pages and will be
valuable addition to the library OF any farm
er in the land, both professional and amateur.
THE Trust AND THE REMITTANCE. By Mary
Cowden Clarke; Boston, Roberts Brothers. For
sole by Loring, Short g. Harmon. -.....
AS the authoress says, these are true love
stories in metred prose. The plot of the first
is similar to that of Chas. Reade's ''Foul
Play" it being the story of two lovers who
are cast away upon an uninhabited island,
where they live fol some time, and from
whence they are ultimately rescued by pass-
ing vessel. DuIing their residence on the
island existing circumstances forbid a decara-
tion of the love which they mutually feel for
each other, and which is only revealed some
years later after their return to England.
The second story is one of man who from
wealth reduced himself TO poverty, for the
sake of extricating his old college chum from
ruin; and who, living in hopes of a remit
tance" from his friend that should make good
his losses, received instead his orphaned
daughter; whose fatherdyin ofa broken hear
amid the wreck OF his fortunes, had bequeath-
ed as his all to one who had already proved
20 faithful in time of adversity. The two
concluding lines "My Grace has proved the
best remittance her father could have sent to
Bernard Thorpe" show the value of the be-
quest. The stories though lacking originali-
ty, are given in such fresh and attractive
form,as to ensure their thorough appreciation
by the reading publ &c. ....-....