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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



Books for Bee=keepers and Others. 



10 



Any of these books on which postage is not given 

 will be forwarded by mail postpaid, on receipt of price 



In buying books, as every thing else, we are liable 

 to disappointment if we make a purchase without see- 

 ing the article. Admitting that the book-seller could 

 read all the books he offers, as he has them for sale, it 

 were hardlv to be expected he would be the one to 

 mention all the faults, as well as good things about 

 a book. We very much desire that those who favor us 

 with their patronage shall not be di-sappointed and 

 therefore we are gfoing to try to prevent it by mention- 

 ing all the faults, so far as we can, that the purchaser 

 may know what he is getting. In the following li.st, 

 books that we approve we have marked with a * ; 

 those we especially approve, ** ; those that are not up 

 to times, t ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the 

 lines, t ; foreign, §. The bee-books are all good. 



As many of the bee-hooks are sent with other goods 

 by freight or express, incurring no postage, we give 

 prices separately. You will notice that you can judge 

 of the size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on each. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Price without postage. 



Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 40 



Christian's Secret of a Happy Life,** 50c; cloth 1 00 

 John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by Rev. 

 C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 I Gospel Hymns, consolidated, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, 



words only; cloth, 10c; paper 5 



2 I Same, board covers 20 



5 Same, words and music, small type, board cov. 45 



10 I Same, words and mu.sic, board covers 75 



3 I New Testament in pretty flexible covers 05 



One-third off on all Gospel H^mns niiniioned above. 



5 I New Testament, new version, paper covers 10 



15 1 Story of the Bible** 1 00 



Years "ago, when Huber was a little boy, he got hold 

 of thi-i book and read it clear through, asking his 

 mother questions without number all along through 

 the book When he got to the end he turned over to 

 the fore part and commenced to read it through 

 again. We laughed at him somewhat, but let him go 

 on But when he started the third time I remonstrat- 

 ed. Now, this illustrates what sort of a book this is. 

 We sold hundreds of them; but finally, when the book 

 got to be old, it was taken out of our book list. I fo not 

 know just why; but nevertheless orders have kept 

 coiling for that wonderful book by Charles Foster — 

 the Story of the Bible Almost any child wi 1 read it 

 if he gets a chance; and who can tell the effect it may 

 have in fixing his young mind upon things that are 

 good and pure and' true ? By buying them in consid- 

 erable quantities we are enabled to furnish such a 

 large book (notice the postage is 15 cts.) for only |1.00. 



4 I Stepping Heavenward** 18 



5 I Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left 



around where the boys get hold of it, and any boy who 

 reads it will be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



20 I A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 00 



3 I Amateur Bee-keeper, by J. W. Rouse 22 



Tl I Bees and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



E:ngland. Vol. I.. \ 2 36 



10 I Bees and Honev, by T. G. Newman 65 



I Bienen-Kultur, by Thos. G. Newman 25 



This is a German translation of the principal por- 

 tion of the book called " Bees and Honej-." 100 pages. 



I Bienenzucht und Honiggewinnung 50 



Or "Bee Culture and the Securing of Honey," a Ger- 

 man bee-book by J. F. Eggers, of Grand Island, Neb. 

 Po.stage free. 



10 I Cook's Manual, cloth 1 15 



5 I Doolittle on Queen-rearing 95 



2 I Dzierzon Thet^ry 10 



3 I Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Rational 



Treatment 22 



10 1 Langstroth Revised, by Chas. Dadant & Son 1 10 



15 I Quinby's New Bee-keeping 90 



I British Bee-keeper's Guide-book, by Thomas 



William Cowan, England \ 40 



I The Honey-bee, by Thos William Cowan 95 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A. I. Root... 15 



10 I The Honey-makers, by Miss Margaret W. 



Morley 1 15 



This is a ^tory of the life of the bee, told in very in- 

 teresting style how it lives, gathers honey, and all 

 about it. While clothing the general subject with an 

 air of poetry, it seems to be entirely within the limits 

 of known facts while attempting to deal with them. 

 We believe it will give all thoughtful bee keepers a 

 greater liking for their business to read it. Probably 

 It has more to do with the curious traditions connect- 

 ed with bees than any other book of the kind. 

 10 ! The Life of the Bee 1 30 



Thos. Wm. Cowan editor of the British Bee Journal, 

 in his review of Maeterlinck's work, says: "Not since 

 the appearance, in 187t), of Bucher's 'Mind in Animals' 

 have we had a book about bees more charming, or one 

 that we have read with greater pleasure, than Maeter- 

 linck's ' Life of the Bee.' " 



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finley 25 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture,** by T. B. Terry.. 

 New edition, revised and enlarged; paper, 45c ; 

 cloth, ()8c; by mail, 75c. 

 5 I A B C of Potato Culture, Terry** New edition, 

 revised & enlarged ; paper, 45c; cloth, 68c, mail 75c. 



This is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly work. 



8 I Barn Plans and Out-buildings* 90 



Canary birds, paper 50 



2 I Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 25 



The first really full and complete book on celery 

 culture, at a moderate price, that we have had It is 

 full of pictures, and the whole thing is made so plain 

 that a schoolboy ought to be able to grow paying 

 crops at once without any assistance except from the 

 book. 



15 I Draining for Profit and Health, Warring 85 



8 I Domestic Economy, by I. H. Mayer, M. D.** ... 30 



This book ought to .save at least the money it costs, 

 each year, in every household. It was written by a 

 doctor, and one who has made the matter of domestic 

 economy a life study. The regular price of the book 

 is 81.00, but by taking a large lot of them we are en- 

 abled to make the price only 30 cents. 

 10 I Farming for Boy.s* 1 15 



This is one of Joseph Harris' happiest productions, 

 and it seems to me that it ought to make farm-life fas- 

 cinating to any boy who has any sort of taste for gar- 

 dening. 

 10 I Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Marketing, etc 75 



It has been well said that it is an easier matter to 

 grow stuff than to sell it at a proper price after it is 

 grown; and many men fail, not because they are in- 

 expert in getting a crop, but because they do not know 

 how to sel their crops to the best advantage. This is 

 the fiist book of the kind we have had as an aid in 

 selling. It not only tells all about picking, >orting, 

 and packing, but gives all the best methods for storing 

 for one or two days or a longer time. It also tells 

 about evaporating and canning when there is a glut 

 in the market. It discus.ses fruit packages and corn- 

 mission dealers and even takes in cold storage. It is 

 a new book of 2.50 pages, full of illustrations. Pub- 

 lisher's price, |1.00. 



I Farming with Green Manures, postpaid** 90 



This book was written several yeaas ago; but since 

 competent labor has got to be so expensive, and hard 

 to get, many farmers are beginning to find they can 

 turn under various green crops cheaper than to buy 

 stable manure, and haul and spread it— cheaper, in 

 fact, than thev can buy fertilizers, this book m-n- 

 tions almost all plants used for plowing under, and 

 gives the value comdared with .st-ble manure. Some 

 of the claims seem extravagant, but we are at present 

 getting good crops, and keeping up the fertilitj', by a 

 similar treatment, on our ten-acre farm. 



7 I Farm, Gardening, and Seed-growing** 90 



10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist** 1 15 



5 I Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson** 60 



12 Gardening for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 10 



12 Gardening for Profit** 1 10 



8 1 Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 90 



This is Jo.seph Harris' be,st and happie-st effort. Al- 

 though it goes over the same ground occupied by Peter 

 Hender.son, it particularly emphasizes thorough culti- 

 vation of the soil in preparing your ground ; and this 

 matter of adapting it to young people as well as old is 



