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placing before his readers a popular exemplification of the principles of taste as 

 they apply to domestic architecture, accompanied by plans and elevations. 

 This must inevitably tend to the creation of a juster taste in all species of 

 building ; at the same time that the exact and minute calculations entered into, 

 at once soothe the natural misgivings of the would-be erector of his own 

 cottage ; and teach him that cheapness and elegance are not, as heretofore, 

 incompatible. For our own parts, since there appears no longer any necessity 

 why a cottage should be the most absurd and odiously unsightly piece of brick- 

 work standing, since also there would seem to be a disposition at present to 

 encourage an approximation to a better taste, we must speak our minds freely. 

 We say, then, that the cottage, farm, and villa architecture in this country 

 particularly the last is a disgrace to it ; and the continuance of the Gothic 

 style (we use not the word in an architectural sense) after the completion of Mr. 

 London's work, will be a sufficient, although not a satisfactory evidence, that 

 the stigma cast upon us by foreigners, of our insensibility and indifference to 

 these matters, is not without justice. 



CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY. THE BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES. VOL. I. BY 



CAPTAIN THOMAS BROWN. LONDON : WHITTAKER, AND Co. 1832. 

 THIS work will be completed in two volumes, and will be illustrated by 

 ninety-six coloured engravings. As a popular view of one department of 

 entomology, perhaps the most interesting to the lovers of natural history, the 

 present little book deserves much praise ; and we have to congratulate Captain 

 Brown on the admirable manner in which his work is got up and presented to 

 the reader. 



ON THE PREPARATION OF PRINTING INK. BY WILLIAM SAVAGE. LONDON : 

 LONGMAN AND Co. 1832. 



IT appears to us that there has been a considerable waste of printing ink in 

 the getting up of this work for the press. Two thirds of the work are occupied 

 by a reprint of almost all the previous methods of preparing printing ink ; which 

 having been laid before the reader, are thus characterized : 



" After having thus gone through the preliminary matter which appeared to 

 me necessary to clear the way to the subject of making Printing Ink, including 

 the directions of those who had previouly written on the subject, which the 

 reader will perceive are of no value," 8fc. 



We must confess our almost entire ignorance of the value of Mr. Savage's 

 labours ; but we have made inquiries of others better competent to judge, who 

 inform us that Mr. Savage has printed many works in the first style of the art ; 

 and that his directions in the present volume are worthy of trial if not of 

 adoption. The price of the work, however, seems rather high (two guineas), 

 but if there be any improvements suggested in the manufacture of the article 

 here treated of, it will, doubtless, be cheerfully paid by those whose interest it 

 is to avail themselves of his suggestions. 



AN ESSAY ON THE WEEDS OF AGRICULTURE. BY THE LATE BENJAMIN 



HOLDITCH, ESQ. LONDON : JAMES RIDGWAY. 1832. 



THE most effectual praise, although not the best, that can be given to this 

 pamphlet, is to state that the third edition is now before us. It appears that 

 until this essay was written, there was no work, to which the farmer could 

 refer, pointing out the best method of destroying weeds. To supply, in part, 

 that deficiency the present essay was written; for although, according to 

 Spenser and Wordsworth, there are " weeds of glorious feature," the farmer is 

 justified in beholding them with a totally different eye from that of the poet. 



KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. BY JOHN TIMBS. LONDON. 1832. 

 THIS is a very instructive little book, familiarizing the study of botany, 

 mineralogy, geology and meteorology, in a simple and agreeable manner. The 



