DUSDEK AnvEUTisER.— The inethoilical aiTangciuunt for reference is excellent, ami 

 tlie paiustakiny research and literary ability exliibitetl throughout the volume are 

 creditable to the industry and culture of the author. The book is a mine of wealth 

 on matters relating,' to the Society. It will be invaluable to the farmers of Scotland 

 and agriculturists everywhere. 



EDiNBUiKiii Daii.v Hevikw.— Mr Ramsay has done substantial service to the cause 

 ot agriculture liy thus enricliing its literature. 



Ki)inbuiu!hCuuuant.— An exhaustive history of the Society. In the admirably 

 condensed survey [of the state of agriculture between the years 1791 and 179G) will be 

 found a reliable estimate of the condition of the agriculture of Scotland in the closing 

 ileeade of the last centuiy. Full accounts of the different shows are to be found in Mr 

 llamsay's carefully-preiiared volume. 



Abkkdekn Fkkk I'uEss.— Mr Ramsay has recorded the achievements of the Society 

 with a completeness tliat leaves nothing to be desired, and what in other hands nught 

 have turned out a dull and heavy volume, has by him been rendered a very useful and 

 entertaining book, which will often be consulted with i)leasure. 



Peuths'ihue Adveiitiser.— Having conceived his idea of what the history of the 

 Highland Society slioidd be as something outside the Society— the progress of agi-icul- 

 ture in Scotland— Mr Ramsay has grouped around it all that relates to the Society 

 with a method, a system, and a pictures()ueness of detail that make the book one of 

 the most readulile on agriculture that we know of. 



Perthshire Constitl'TIOnal. — Mr Ramsay has succeeded in making the history so 

 authentic, valuable, and interesting that the lilirary of no one having the slighte.st 

 interest in agriculture will be complete without a cojiy. 



Inverness Courier. —An admirable record of the history and work of a patriotic 

 association to which our country will be indebted in all time. It is a satisfaction to 

 know that the story has l)een so well told, and will remain a permanent monument to 

 its iisefulness. 



Elgin CouuANT. — The History of the Highland and Agricultural Society is really 

 the history of the progress of agriculture in Scotland during the last century, and Mr 

 Ramsay's pages thnnv much light on the extent and rate of that progress which the 

 Society has done so much to encourage. 



Moray News. — The impulse the Society communicated to agricultural improvement 

 is admirably delineated in Mr Ramsay's pages. The sy.stematic manner in which he 

 has arranged the various heads and branches of his narrative, presents one stage of 

 improvement after another in their natural sequence as to both time and place, form- 

 ing a full and faithful panorama of the progressive state of Scottish agriculture during 

 the past hundred years. 



Northern Ensign.— Had Mr Ramsay indulged in mere generalities, or attempted 

 in any way to epitomise so vast a subject, he would certainly have detracted from the 

 value of his work. As it is, he very prudently adopted the safe course, and in an 

 exact and comprehensive form, he has given us a book which, if read honestly, instead 

 of superficially, will give an amount of information in connection with the doings of 

 the Society aiitl the benefits flowing from it, out of all proportion to what we could 

 possibly obtain from any summary, however definitely its leading propositions might 

 be set forth. 



Newcastle Daily Journal. — Mr Ranisay has evolved out of a pile of somewhat 

 musty records and old volumes a clear narrative, which must be of interest, not only 

 to the farmer, but to the general reader, and be regarded as a most useful and valualile 

 piece of authentic history. While the work omits nothing of imiiortance as to the 

 Society's proceedings, and contains liesides nmch that will be found valuable for refer- 

 ence Mr Ramsay has been careful not to overburden his volume with dispensable details. 

 Gloucester Standard. — In onler to secure the accuracy of a bulky book like this, 

 which contains sixty-seven chapters, much labour and pain.staking were needed, and 

 they have been so ungrudgingly bestowed that the volume must prove invaluable as a 

 book of reference to laiulowners, farmers, and 1]reeders of stock. Though the greater 

 jiart of the book, giving an account of the Society's shows from their first start in 

 1S22, may be considered as chiefly interesting to agriculturists, yet there are also 

 chajiters replete with information for the general reader. 



Yorkshire Post.— A very interesting volume. No one can fail to leam something 

 that must be of service to him in the pre.sent times, when difficulties seem to surround 

 our agriculture on every side. 



Albany Cultivator (New York). — .Mr llamsay's task has lieen well jierformed ; 

 the general design of the book is quite comitrehensive, its arrangement systematic, and 

 its narrative silfiioiently ample without undue details. The period embraced has 

 witnessed a wonderful development in the agriculture of Scotland. The extension of 

 sheep husbandry, the gradual sjiread of Shorthorn cattle, the development of the best 

 Scotch breeds, and the extinction of others, the improvement in horses and sheep, and 

 the better tillage liy which this long interval is marked, and to the furtherance of 

 which the Society's chief cftbrts have iieen directed, are illustrated at every step. 



