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children. Its aim is to make them acquainted with some of the 

 curious aud wonderful forms of animal life which are to be found 

 on the sea shore. Having been revised by Agassiz himself, there 

 is the best guarantee that its facts may be im^^licitly relied upon. 

 Children may, therefore, be assured that strange as these stories 

 are, they are all perfectly true. The four chapters into which the 

 book is divided treat in succession most pleasantly of sea-Anem- 

 ones and Corals ; Coral Keefs ; Hydroids and Jelly-fishes ; Star- 

 fishes and Sea Urchins. They are addressed in the form of 

 stories to two children, and are so plain aud clear, and yet elegant 

 in their language, that they may easily be understood and appre- 

 ciated by very young persons. "We are sure that this will be a 

 favourite childrens book. Although intended for the young, it 

 may yet be read with profit by fathers and mothers. It is beau- 

 tifully printed and the illustrations are good. We trust that the 

 authoress may be induced to continue these stories, as they seem 

 to us well-fitted to turn the attention of the young from frivolous 

 and hurtful tales to the healthy and delightful pursuit of Natural 

 Science. a. f. k. 



A Manual of Scientific and Practical Agriculture for the School and 

 the Farm. By J. L. Campbell, A.M., Professor of Phys. Science, 

 Washington College, Va., with numerous illustratiors. pp. 442. 

 Philadelphia, Lindsay & Blakiston. Montreal, B. Dawson & Son. 



This book has been written to supply the rapidly increasing 

 demand for scientific information applicable to the daily business 

 of agriculture. The chief purpose kept in view in its several 

 chapters has been the preparation of a Manual which might serve 

 as a guide to the young in the acquisition of the sciences per- 

 tainining to agriculture. None of the systematic books hitherto 

 published on this subject were adapted to the necessities of the 

 Southern and Western States of America. This unoccupied place 

 the present publication is intended to fill. The plan is both sim- 

 ple and complete. It embraces in well digested and clearly 

 expressed paragraphs all the subjects which pertain to the science 

 of farming. The first chapter contains definitions and illustrations 

 of terms, and the twenty-five following embrace the leading facts 

 and principles of chemistry, geology, vegetable physiology, prac- 

 tical treatment of all kinds of soils, and the various cereals, root^ 



