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Conrad Blessington, a Tale, by a Lady, is nearly ready, in 1 Volume, 

 foolscap 8vo. 



Shortly will appear, Traditionary Stories of Old Families, and Legendary 

 Illustrations of Family History ; with notes, historical and biographical. 

 By Andrew Dicken, Author of " The Dominie's Legacy." 2 Volumes, 

 post 8vo. 



The Second Volume of the Naturalist's Library, edited by Sir William 

 Jardine, Bart., will be published on the 1st of August, and contain the first 

 Volume of the Natural History of Monkeys. 



In the press, letters on the Divine Origin and Authority of the Holy 

 Scriptures. By the Rev. James Carlile, junior Minister of the Scots' Church 

 in Mary's Abbey (Capcl-street) Dublin. 



Rhymes and Rhapsodies. By Robert Folkestone Williams. 1 Vol. 



Barbadoes, and other Poems. By M. J. Chapman, Esq. 1 Vol. 



A Collection of Thirty-four Literary Portraits, from Fraser's Magazine. 

 In 1 Vol. 4to, neatly bound, with gilt leaves. 



The Young Enthusiast in Humble Life. A Simple Story. 



A new work of an original character is announced from the pen of Lady 

 Morgan. It is to be entitled " Dramatic Scenes from Real Life," and will 

 form two volumes uniform with her " Book of the Boudoir." 



AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



TURNING to our last report, with its sanguine hopes of high-flown expec- 

 tations in respect of the crops upon our soil, we become reminded and fully 

 impressed with the uncertainty of all sublunary affairs ; and of the fact, how 

 truly and decidedly they are typified by the course of events upon a farm, 

 ever and anon subservient to the caprices of our feeble and unsteady 

 climate. The occupation of a farmer is surely one of great risk, a truth 

 which ought to be had in consideration, when we descant on the frequent 

 complaints of that useful body of men. At the same time, they who exercise 

 the quill, had need be extremely wary on the score of prediction. The pro- 

 phets have been long extinct. 



The constant rains and chilling temperature of April had the effect of re- 

 tarding and almost palsying all vegetation, threatening us with a late and 

 defective harvest, when, suddenly, the genial warmth of May burst upon us, 

 calmed our apprehensions, arid inspired us with the most extravagant hopes. 

 All the agricultural productions corn, pulse, grass shot upwards with the 

 most vigorous and rapid growth, and a seeming promise to burden the earth 

 with the richest abundance. This fortunate change continued, and with it 

 our sanguine expectations, during the greater part of last month, when it 

 became apparent, and that also suddenly, that the extreme of heat and 

 drought was about to prove equally inimical to the health and well-doing of 

 the crops as its opposite. The forward crops of corn and grass, of late so 

 luxuriant and blooming, began to assume a fading and sickly hue from want 

 of nourishing moisture, in which even the wheats, except upon superior 

 lands, partook. The spell set upon vegetation was strikingly visible, with 

 an apparent decrease in bulk, from the parching and desiccating effects of 

 long-continued heat by day, and of blight from the chillness of the nightd, 

 throughout which the North wind has generally prevailed, attended with the 

 S.W. and S.E. winds by day. This perpetual chopping of the wind is, in 

 itself, sufficient to impart an influenzal effect to the atmosphere. We had 



