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Yennor's Almanac for 1884, printed 

 by the Gazette Printing Company, Mon- 

 treal, contains ])apers on Lunar In- 

 fluence on Vegetation, Sun-spots and 

 Aurora, the Solar System, Earthquakes, 

 and others of genei-al interest even to 

 those who place no confidence in his 

 weather forecasts. 



The Agricultural Review and 

 Journal of the American Agricultn- 

 ral Association for December contains, 

 among other valuable papers, a very 

 interesting account of stock-raising in 

 the North- West by Gen. Brisbin, of 

 the U. S. Army. Does our own North- 

 West offer the same facilities for stock- 

 raising as does Montana % If so, those 

 who undertake that business there will 

 find it very profitable. The Rev'ew 

 will be published monthly during 1884 

 at $3 a year by Jos. H. Reall, .32 Park 

 Row, New York. 



Godey's Lady's Book for January is 

 illustrated with two amusing steel en- 

 gravings, entitled the " First Call in 

 the Country," and the " First Call in 

 the City." A little red-breasted robin 

 is the country visitor, while a telephone 

 call is the trouble-saving substitute for 

 personal attendance in the city. The 

 Fashion illustrations are full and abun- 

 dant. Of the literary excellencies we 

 are not, perhaps, qualified to speak. 

 Those who are fond of light reading, 

 very light reading, will be pleased. 

 Published monthly by J. H. Haulen- 

 beck & Co., Box H. H., Philadelphia, 

 at $2 a year. 



Yick's Illustrated Magazine. — 

 The Christmas number of this welcome 

 monthly is more than usually attrac- 

 tive in its holiday dress. The papers 

 on Fruit Raising, on Flowers in School 

 Grounds, and the one entitled a Wild- 

 Flower Talk are all deeply interesting, 

 and contain much valuable information. 

 This number is profusely illustrated, 

 and adorned, as all the numbers are, 



with an exquisitely executed coloured 

 lithograph in the very best style of the 

 art. The chapter describing Harris- 

 burgh, the capital of Pennsylvania, 

 will be especially attractive to those 

 who are interested in ornamental tree 

 planting. Published by Jam.es Yick, 

 Rochester, N. Y., at f 1.25 per year. 



Southern Cultivator for Decem- 

 ber. — We cordially welcome the South- 

 ern Cultivator for December. It is 

 replete with articles of interest and 

 value on every subject which is allied 

 in any manner to the pursuit of agri- 

 culture. It is a charming number, 

 a fit conclusion to the year, and an 

 encouraging harbinger for the future. 

 As we turn ])age after page we are 

 delighted with its varied contents, and 

 feel sure that the man or the woman 

 who applies $1.50 in payment for a 

 year's subscription thereto, makes a 

 wise and profitable investment. The 

 " Departments of the Household," 

 " Childrens' Corner" and " Fashions," 

 constitute most interesting features of 

 this journal. 



American Agriculturist, published 

 in English or German, by the Orange 

 Judd Co., New York, at $1.50 a year, 

 contains nearly one hundred columns of 

 original reading matter by the leading 

 rural wi-iters of the United States, and 

 as many engravings executed by the best 

 artists The editorial matter is from 

 the pens of such men as Joseph Harris, 

 Geo. Thurber, Byron D. Halsted, all 

 well known to the agricultural world. 

 During the coming year special atten- 

 tion will be given to house plans for 

 farmers, the exposure of humbugs, &c. 

 The Januaiy number, already on our 

 table, has a very suggestive picture, 

 entitled "Talking over the crop pros- 

 pects," and illustrations of two new 

 varieties of blackberry, with many other 

 pictures, and an excellent variety of 

 reading matter. 



