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by such noted authors as Canon Farrar, 

 Max Muller, the Bishop of Carlisle, 

 Cardinal Newman, Philip Schaff, and 

 others. This magazine ought to have a 

 circulation of a hundred thousand. You 

 can get a specimen from the publisher, 

 John B. Alden, New York, for 15 cents. 

 " Elia " AND Charles Lamb. — A 

 unique genius, that of Charles Lamb. 

 Just like nothing that ever appeared 

 before them, or has since appeared, are 

 the quaint and delightful " Essays of 

 Elia," a new edition of which has re- 

 cently been issued by Alden, " The 

 Literary Revolution," publisher of New 

 York. Turn to any of your cyclopedias 

 and they will tell you that Charles 

 Lamb was one of the most charming 

 essayists that the English language has 

 ever known, and also that his " Essays 

 of Elia" are the choicest of his works. 

 They are not merely the first work of 

 their class, but, like " Pilgrim's Pro- 

 gress " and " Robinson Crusoe," they 

 constitute a class by themselves. The 

 volume is certainly one of the most 

 delightful of the books described in 

 Mr. Alden's 148-page illustrated cata- 

 logue, which he offers to send for 4 

 cents, or the 16-page catalogue which 

 is sent free. Address, John B. Alden, 

 Publisher, New York City. 



The Toronto News is published by 

 Edmund E. Sheppard, daily and weekly, 

 Tlie weekly is now offered at one dollar 

 a year, and with it he gives to each 

 subscriber a dollar's worth of books 

 FREE. The list from which choice may 

 be made comprises over thirty books, 

 and the prices quoted are the lowest 

 published rates. Subscribers can select 

 from this list such as they may prefer 

 to the value of one dollar at the prices 

 quoted. Surely no one need be with- 

 out instructive and entertaining reading 

 matter on such terms as these. He 

 further offers to send the daily News 

 for three months and the weekly for 

 the remaining nine months of this year, 



and books to be selected from this list 

 to the value of one dollar and seventy- 

 five cents, for the sum of one dollar and 

 seventy-five cents. Mr. Sheppard as- 

 sures us that these unusual offers will 

 be carried out to the letter. No 'doubt 

 they will, but the profit on such trans- 

 actions must be microscopical. 



The Transactions of the American 

 Horticultural Society for the year 

 1885, are replete with most valuable 

 papers. The one on Cranberry culture 

 by Mr. Augur is most instructive, 

 pointing out in concise terms the essen- 

 tials to success in the cultivation of this 

 fruit, and that on Fungoid diseases of 

 the Strawberry by F. S. Earle, is a 

 most valuable contribution to our know- 

 ledge. The eft'ect of the pollen of dif- 

 ferent varieties of strawberry upon the 

 size and form of the berries of pistillate 

 varieties is ably discussed in a paper 

 on the fertilization of the Strawberry 

 by C. M. Merwin. A most exhaustive 

 paper on the native Grapes of North 

 America is n\ ell worth the cost of the 

 whole, which may be had by remitting 

 two dollars to Mr. W. H. Ragan, the 

 Secretary, at Greencastle, Indiana : or 

 better yet, by remitting $2.30 secure 

 Vols. L, IL and TIL 



The American Agriculturist for 

 January announces that it enters upon 

 the new year under unusually auspici- 

 ous circumstances. The old editorial 

 force, who have been connected with 

 that periodical for periods, running up 

 to a quarter of a century, has received 

 further accessions in Dr. F. M. Hexa- 

 mer, so long the editor of the "American 

 Garden," and Mr. Chester P. Dewey, a 

 writer of national reputation, and Mr. 

 Seth Green, the noted Fish Culturist. 

 The illustrations, of which there are a 

 very large number, represent noted 

 horses, cattle, pigs, cows, new fruits, 

 new potatoes, designs for new buildings, 

 farm conveniences, household conveni- 

 ences, fruits, flowers, etc. There are 



