Harper &> Brothers' List of New Books. 



ROOSEVELT'S FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. 

 Five Acres Too Much. A Truthful Elucida- 

 tion of the Attractions of the Country, and a 

 Careful Consideration of the Question of Profit 

 and Loss as involved in Amateur Farming, 

 with much Valuable Advice and Instruction 

 to those about Purchasing Large or Small 

 Places in the Rural Districts. By Robert 

 B. Roosevelt, Author of "Game Fish of 

 North America," "Superior Fishing," "Game 

 Birds, " &c. With Characteristic Illustrations. 

 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. 



Oue of the pleasantest bits of satire we have read 

 for some time. The author has written the book for 

 the purpose of having a good-humored fling at the 

 writers of works which profess to show how, out of 

 half a dozen acres of land any where, the veriest nov- 

 ice cau make splendid profit and good time as a prac- 

 tical farmer. So Mr. Roosevelt tells us how, fired with 

 the noble inspiration these books suggest, he got his 

 five acres, built his house, bought his horse, cows, 

 pigs, and poultry, and went to work to convert him- 

 self into a successful agriculturist. His experiences 

 are very droll, and the rtuancial results he arrives at 

 highly ingenious and satis.'iictory. There is not too 

 miich extravagance in the book— just enough to make 

 one laugh, not enough to convert the mirth into broad 

 farce aud grotesquerie. — Independent. 



An injunction should be put upon the sale of this 

 book, for we consider it a dangerous thiug to be let 

 loose upon the community. This opinion is formed 

 from Its effect upon ourselves. Though progressive 

 in most matters, we have some old fogy notions about 

 books, and one of these is to read them before no- 

 ticing them. We read "Five Acres Too Much," and 

 when we laid it down felt as lame and sore as if we 

 had done a hard day's work at mowing or rowing. Is 

 a book which makes one laugh until he cries, laugh 

 until he is tired and can not laugh any more, a safe 

 thing ? We call the attention of the Board of Health 

 to the Harpers, and give ours to the book. It is the 

 story of a city lawyer who went to the country to farm 

 it on five acres, arid contains an account of the blun- 

 ders of a novice. There is a perfect breeze of fun 

 through the whole, not boisterous fun, but charming 

 and irresistible, and it is marked by a genial appre- 

 ciation of the ludicrous. We have not for a long time 

 been so thorougly amused as in reading this book, 

 and laughed none the less at the gentle digs he gives 

 us as editors in general, and of the Agriculturist in 

 particular. — American Agriculturist. 



BOURNE'S LONDON MERCHANTS. Fa- 

 mous London Merchants. A Book for Boys. 

 By H. R. Fox Bodrne. With Portrait of 

 George Peabody and 21 Illustrations. IGmo, 



Cloth, f 1 00. 



Tells pleasantly, and with much casual information 

 about commerce and foreign countries, the story of 

 the lives of thirteen London merchants, from famous 

 Dick Whittington to our honored countryman, George 

 Peabody. Most of them were self-made men, and 

 surely no better incentives to a proper ambition can 

 be placed before boys than these simple stories of 

 real and honored lives. ' It is a book, too, which bovs 

 will seize upon gladly, since it allows the subjects to 

 speak for themselves, and attempts no moralizing. 

 We know of no book which a father could better buy 

 for his boys.— xV. Y. Evening Mail. 



GUICCIOLI'S RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD 

 BYRON. My Recollections of Lord Byron : 

 and those of Eye-Witnesses of his Life. By 

 the Countess Guiccioli. Translated by Hu- 

 bert E. H. Jerningham. Portrait, 12mo, 

 Cloth, $1 75. 



This book is of great value ; for it collects the va- 

 rious opinions of Lord Byron's biographers, presents 

 them at one glance, illustrates them by the lef^ters and 

 journal of the poet hira«elf, and subjects them to a 

 final criticism.— PafJ Mall Gazette. 



FLAGG'S EUROPEAN VINEYARDS. 



Three Seasons in Euroi)ean Vineyards. 

 Treating of Vine-Culture ; Vine Disease and 

 its Cure ; Wine-Making and Wines, Red and 

 White; Wine-Drinking, as affecting Health 

 and Morals. By William J. Flagg. li'mo. 

 Cloth, $1 50. 



A ple.isant, gossipy book of travels through those 

 portions of France rarely visited by tourists, with 

 fresh pictures, touches of historical lore, glimpses of 

 ancient chateaux buried in trees, of the queer charac- 

 ters one meets with in a diligence, of rural amuse- 

 ments, of firesides in the inn kitchens, of quaint cus- 

 toms and odd sayings, aud all related in a simple and 

 natural way, with here and there a touch of humor, 

 must .always be acceptable to the general reader. He 

 holds the book lightly in his hand, as if he could lay 

 it down at any moment ; but he does not lay it down — 

 a smile lingers on his lips, and he enjoys it to the last 

 page. * * * Such a book is the one now before us, 

 and if this were its only merit, we should say no more. 

 But interwoven with the narrative of travel arc some 

 suggestions, hints, and thoughts drawn from acute ob- 

 servation, which enhance the value of the book ten — 

 or rather ten times ten — fold. His theme is, Vine-Cul- 

 ture iu Europe. His object is to use the long experi- 

 ence of the old world in this branch of science for the 

 promotion of Vine-Culture in America. Thus, like a 

 true master, he makes his narrative pleasant to attract 

 readers, his description of Vine-Culture in Europe 

 minute, accurate, and valuable ; and the application 

 of his suggestions to our own methods of this grow- 

 ing branch of home industry he leaves to the sagacity 

 of the reader to use or to improve upon. * * * There 

 is probably no person better qualified in this country 

 to write upon this s\\bie.ci.— Evening Post. 



Besides being a summary of useful information con- 

 cerning the produce of the grape, the present book 

 contains an extremely pleasant sketch of travel, inter- 

 spersed with reflections of much interest aud observa- 

 tions of considerable originality, afi"ording a picture 

 of a certain phase of French life unknown and unseen 

 by ordinary tourists. It is full of that kind of enter- 

 taining reading which Sir Philip Sidney styles "tri- 

 fles triflingly handled ;" and congenial fancy kindles 

 over descriptions of the beautiful scenery, the oddities 

 of local customs, the luxurious vineyards, the genial 

 atmosphere, "the incense of fruitful summer, the in- 

 cense of fruit-time," the village feasts and pastimes, 

 and, rarest of all, the happy peasantry, not yet ren- 

 dered unhappy by demagogues and visionaries.— 

 Round Table. 



A livelier, racier, more entertaining volume on a 

 practical subject has not yet been written. Mr. Flagg 

 shows such a hearty delight in his subject that the 

 most indifferent reader can not escape the infection ; 

 while all his willful, irrepressible play of humor, his 

 flashes of personal tastes and prejudices, his occasion- 

 al misconceptions of character and customs, leave un- 

 touched the sharp, clear perception, and shrewd com- 

 mon-sense which form the staple of the book. — A', y. 

 Tribune. 



WHYMPER'S ALASKA. Travel and Adven- 

 ture in the Territory of Alaska, formerly Rus- 

 sian America, now Ceded to the United States 

 — and in various other Parts of the North Pa- 

 cific. By Frederick Whtmper. Map and 

 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2 50. 



This agreeable book of travel and adventure. * * * 

 The purchase of Alaska by the United States Govern- 

 ment has awakened a lively interest in that region ; 

 aud whatever relates to its natural features, its inhab- 

 itants, its existing state, and its possible resources, 

 comes to us with the two-fold charm of novelty and 

 material interest. Mr. Whymper was able to take 

 with him the requisite qualifications for breaking 

 ground in that new and, in many respects, rough and 

 uncivilized quarter, as the results of his exploration 

 in the clearly-written and cleverly-illustrated volume 

 before us testify. * * * AH that is most original and 

 striking iu his narrative centres in his experiences of 

 life in the lately-ceded territory, and in the estimate 

 which his graphic pictures of its physical aspects and 

 of its people encourage us to draw for the future.— 

 Saturday Review. 



