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BOOK NOTICES. 



The Florida Dispatch, published 

 by Ashmead Brothers, Jacksonville, 

 Florida, is a most valuable agricultural 

 weekly, containing much interesting 

 information concerning the climate, soil, 

 and productions of Florida. Subscrip- 

 tion. $2.00 a year. We learn from it 

 that Florida has appointed a commis- 

 sioner for the State to make collections 

 of her productions to be exhibited at 

 the great International Exposition to 

 be held next winter in New Orleans. 



Bartholdi's Great Statue, which 

 is to adorn the harbor of the city of 

 New York, is very handsomely repre- 

 sented in a large and beautifully exe- 

 cuted chromo-lithogi'aph that has been 

 sent to this office by the Travellers In- 

 surance Company of Hartford, Connec- 

 ticut, which has contributed a large 

 donation towards the erection of this 

 imposing statue of " Liberty enlighten- 

 ing the world." 



War Notes, a weekly campaign 

 paper j ust started for the benefit of the 

 general Scott Act campaign inaugurated 

 by the Dominion Alliance, is issued by 

 the Witness publishing house, Montreal, 

 at one dollar for twenty copies weekly 

 for six months. It gives news of the 

 working of the ScoLt Act where it is in 

 operation as well as campaign news. 



Ready Refekence List for agricul- 

 tural advertisers, giving lists of news- 

 papers devoted in whole or in part to 

 agriculture, with the circulation of each 

 and cost of advertising thei-ein. Sent 

 to any address on receipt of postal card 

 asking therefor by Tracy <fe Diets, No. 

 927 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, 

 Penn. 



The Little Christian, an illustrated 

 paj)er for children and Sunday Schools, 

 published bi-monthly, at 25 cents a 

 year, by H. L. Hastings, 47 (Jornhill, 

 Boston, Mass. The sample cojties that 

 we have seen are very neatly printed 



and handsomely illustrated, and full of 

 wholesome reading — a matter of great 

 moment now-a-days when so much trash 

 is afloat — and that set forth in a style 

 clear, concise, and yet such as will in- 

 terest young readers, and grown up 

 childi-en as weU. 



The School Supplement, publi.shed 

 monthly, by Eaton Gibson & Co., 

 Toronto, at one dollar a year, in the 

 interest of teachers and scholars. The 

 initial number is full of matter that will 

 be of service to all educationists, and 

 if the intention of the publishers is 

 maintained throughout the year, namely 

 of" conducting a paper which will prove 

 indispensable to teachers and pupils," it 

 should be read by every school trustee 

 who desirs to be able to act intelligently 

 on the ([uestions relating to school 

 management that are continually being 

 presented. 



Dio Lewis' Monthly for January, 

 the only number we have seen this 

 year, discusses the temperance ques- 

 tion from a standpoint different from 

 that usually taken Vjy its advocates. 

 The writer takes the ground that in- 

 temperance is a vice, not a crime : and 

 therefore, although the sale of intoxi- 

 cating liquors panders to this vice, we 

 can not justly prohibit the manufacture 

 and sale of these articles on that ac- 

 count, any more than we could pro- 

 hibit the sale of silks, jewelry, and 

 the like, on the ground that they 

 tempted people to extravagant expen- 

 diture and ruinous waste. On the 

 other hand, the writer maintains tliat 

 inasmuch as the adulteration of articles 

 of food and drink is a crime, the tem- 

 perance advocates have it in their power, 

 by bringing the laws against adultei'a- 

 tion to bear upon the vendors of liquors, 

 to shut up every bar and every saloon 

 in the land. The magazine is published 

 by Frank Seaman, G8 Bible House, 

 New York. 



