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"It is impossible even to glance at a tithe of the useful information and advice contained in this volume, which will be certain to be the landlord and the agent's vade mecum."-Saturday Review. "Mr Brown's book offers minute and ample answers to every possible inquiry which the landowner's ingenuity can suggest."-Pall Mall Gazette. "A work admirably calculated to produce a better state of things, not only by pointing out to landowners the advantages that must inevitably accrue to them from their estates being properly cultivated, but by showing how that object may be attained."-Bell's Weekly Messenger. "Mr Brown is plain and practical in his remarks; he is evidently a cautious and sensible land agent, and his valuable work testifies to his having made good use of his opportunities, his observation, and his experience."-North British Agriculturist. Handy Book of the Flower-Garden: BEING PLAIN, PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPAGATION, CULTURE, AND ARRANGEMENT OF PLANTS IN FLOWER-GARDENS ALL THE YEAR ROUND; embracing all classes of Gardens, from the largest to the smallest; with Engraved Plans, illustrative of the various systems of Grouping in Beds and Borders. By DAVID THOMSON, formerly of Archerfield and Dirleton Gardens, now Gardener to His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., at Drumlanrig. In crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. "This is essentially a book for amateurs, and every amateur who is fortunate enough to be its possessor, or who may merely skim over its pages, will, we are assured, agree with us in regarding its author as being entitled to great praise for the simple and clear manner in which he has explained the cultural directions, which, if carefully complied with, will enable the non-professional floricul turist to grow plants as well as any gardener."-Gardeners' Chronicle. Nowadays the flower garden is such a very important and interesting subject to many, that almost any book on the subject is sure to find readers; but as this is written by one of the best gardeners in the country, and one, moreover, thoroughly master of the modern system of decora tion, it deserves more attention than any book published on this or allied subjects of recent years. We are acquainted with the results produced by the able author, as well as with his book, and can therefore pronounce the book the best on the subject yet written, or likely to be written for a long time to come."-The Field, March 21, 1868. Handy Book of Meteorology. By ALEXANDER BUCHAN, M.A., Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological Society. A New and Enlarged Edition. Crown Svo, with 8 coloured Charts and other Engravings, 8s. 6d. "In all other branches of meteorology Mr Buchan's book not only retains its previously high position, but in several respects materially surpasses it. 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"Not only are the present territorial adjustments duly registered in all these maps, but the latest discoveries in Central Asia, in Africa, and America have been delineated with laborious fidelity. Indeed the ample illustration of recent discovery, and of the great groups of dependen cies on the British Crown, reuders Dr Johnston's the best of all Atlases for English use."-Pall Mall Gazette. "He has given us in a portable form geography posted to the last discovery and the last revolution." Saturday Review. The Origin of the Seasons, CONSIDERED FROM A GEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW: showing the remark- Occasional Papers on Veterinary Subjects. By WILLIAM DICK, late Professor of Veterinary Surgery to the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Veterinary Surgeon to the Queen for Scotland, Founder of the Edinburgh Veterinary College, &c. With a MEMOIR and PORTRAIT. 8vo, 12s. 6d. Physiology at the Farm in Rearing and Feeding THE LIVE STOCK. By WILLIAM SELLER, M.D., F.R.S.E., and Cattle and Cattle Breeders. By WILLIAM M'COMBIE, Esq., M.P., Tilly four. A New and Revised The Handy Horse-Book; OR, PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS IN RIDING, DRIVING, AND THE GENERAL "As cavalry officer, hunting horseman, coach proprietor, whip, and steeplechase-rider, the author "He propounds no theories, but embodies in simple untechnical language what he has learned practically."-Sporting Gazette. Our Domesticated Dogs. THEIR TREATMENT IN REFERENCE TO FOOD, DISEASES, HABITS, PUNISH- "How frequently do we hear ladies complain that just when their favourites come to know and Facts and Dates; OR, THE LEADING EVENTS IN SACRED AND PROFANE HISTORY, and tHE |