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volume, one of a very charming series which is issuing from the 

 productive press of the Eeligious Tract Society. "VVe have lately had 

 occasion to notice with high commendation two similar volumes from 

 the same publishing house— Dr. Macaulay's ' Sea Pictures;' and the 

 'Crown of Flowers,' edited by Mr. Charles Peters. 



The author of ' Scottish Pictures ' tells us that his pages contain 

 memorials of several tours in Scotland undertaken at different periods 

 of the year. Beautiful as the illustrations are, the text is not 

 subordinated to them, but most pleasantly fills in with detailed 

 information the spaces which lie between embellishment and 

 embellishment. No object of interest has been neglected by the 

 artists, the illustrations are of all sizes, and have been so adapted and 

 arranged as to suit the smaller or greater requirements of the 

 subjects represented. Dr. Green makes these fall under seven 

 headings. He gives us descriptions and pictures ' across the Border, 

 to Edinburgh and Glasgow,' and then he furnishes us with glimpses 

 of Edinburgh and Glasgow. He takes us by the Clyde to the Western 

 Coast, through the Western Highlands ; to the central islands 

 from Stirling to Inverness, to the Eastern Coast and Deeside 

 and finally, 'To the Far North.' It is rather difficult to indicate 

 especial excellence in the wood illustrations when all is so good ; but 

 after the eye has lingered awhile on the frontispiece, 'Flowerdale 

 Gairloch, Eoss-shire,' and upon the pretty river scene, 'Aft on Water ' 

 on the title page, one notes with especial pleasure amongst the illus- 

 trations scattered so abundantly through the text, the followino- : 



'The Braes of Yarrow,' ' Hawthornden,' 'Habbie's Howe,' ' Stonebyres 

 Falls,' ' On the Doon,' ' The Auld Brig of Doon,' ' The Shore of lona,' 

 ' Ben Nevis,' ' Cape Wrath,' ' Through the Trossachs,' ' Ben Venue,'' 

 * In Glen Dochart,' ' Lower Fall of Foyers,' ' Land of the Mountain and 

 the Flood,' ' Eelics of Birnam Wood,' ' Stirling Castle,' ' Larches of 

 Dunkeld,' 'Hermitage Bridge,' 'Birks of Aberfeldy,' 'Glen Tilt,' 

 'Bruar Water,' 'Loch Euicht and Caergorm,' * The Grampians,' 'On 

 the Findborn,' ' The Ladies' Walk, Grantown,' 'Banks of the Doon ' 

 and 'Lochnagar.' By the courtesy of the publishers we reproduce some 

 specimens of the engravings which adorn a very charming volume. 



Farm Boads, Fences, and Gates. By John Scott. London : Crosby 

 Lockwood & Co, 



This is the third volume of the excellent series of ' Farm Enn-ineer- 

 ing Textbooks,' and is a practical treatise on the roads, tramways, and 

 waterways of the farm, the principles of enclosures, and the different 

 kinds of fences, gates, and stiles. It is full of engravings illustratinfy 

 the text, and is, like its predecessors, a marvel of cheapness and an 

 excellent and invaluable hand-book. 



