He begins with the beginning,
the search and finding of the farm. Every page is pregnant with valuable
hints to the farmer as well as to the gentleman and scholar. The book is
a real picture of country life, its pains, trials, pursuits, and
pleasures, and the most varied information is given with respect to what
it might be made, what it should become. A single glance at the varied
table of contents would be sufficient to convince the reader of the
great interest of the topics so pleasantly treated in the volume before
us. We extract a few of them: Around the House; My Bees; What to do with
the Farm; A Sunny Frontage; Laborers; Farm Buildings; The Cattle; The
Hill Land; The Farm Flat; Soiling; An Old Orchard; The Pears; My Garden;
Fine Tilth makes Fine Crops; Seeding and Trenching; How a Garden should
look; The lesser Fruits; Grapes; Plums, Apricots, and Peaches; The
Poultry; Is it Profitable? Debit and Credit; Money-making Farmers; Does
Farming Pay? Agricultural Chemistry; Isolation of Farmers; Dickering;
The Bright Side; Place for Science; AEsthetics of the Business; Walks;
Shrubbery; Rural Decoration; Flowers; L'Envoi.
LETTERS TO THE JONESES. By TIMOTHY TITCOMB,
Author of 'Letters to Young People,' 'Gold Foil,' 'Lessons in
Life,' etc., etc. Eighth edition. Charles Scribner, 124 Grand
street, New York.
A work evincing strong practical common sense, and acute discrimination.
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