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and, of the more recent ones, the essays which are now under 

 notice. The pamphlet is an analysis of the grains and vege- 

 tables, distinguishing the nitrogenous from the non-nitrogenous 

 substances, for the purpose of estimating their separate value 

 for nutrition. It concludes with a letter to Prof. Webster, on 

 the action and ingredients of manures. 



Mr. Horsford has lately completed his studies in Geissen 

 with Dr. Liebig, and has quite recently been elected Rumford 

 Professor in Harvard University ; and we are gratified to learn 

 that the services of one whose studies are so intimately con- 

 nected with the progress of our agriculture have been selected. 

 The work should be in the hands of every intelligent agri- 

 culturist. 



Art. V. The Hasty Pudding ; a Poem i?i three Cantos, 

 written at Chancery, in Savoy, January, 1793. By Joel 

 Barlow, Minister Plenipotentiary to France. With a Me- 

 moir on Maize, or Indian Corn. Compiled by D. J. Browne, 

 under the direction of the American Institute. Pamphlet. 

 12mo. pp. 56. New York. 1846. 



An amusing poem in flowing rhyme, depicting the delicious 

 qualities of hasty pudding, — a favorite dish with the author, 

 but not to be procured either in London or Paris, at the time 

 it was written. To this poem, Mr. Browne has added a com- 

 plete history of the Indian corn, in which he asserts and proves 

 its American origin. Brief descriptions of all the principal 

 varieties are given, and the pamphlet concludes with a great 

 number of recipes for cooking it, in various ways, either green 

 or dry. 



Art. VI. The Rural Register and Almanac for 1847. 

 Pamphlet. 12mo. pp. 143. Philadelphia, 1847. 



A gardening almanac upon a new plan, in which, besides 

 the usual calendarial information of the weather, upwards of 



