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The Old Original 1853 Edition of Lang- 



stroth Reprinted Now Ready 



for Distribution 



One of the Most Charmingly Written and Enter- 

 taining Books that was Ever Published 



It so stirred A. I. Root in the early days that he wrote: "What a gold mine that book 



seemed to me! . . . Never was romance so enticing — not even Robinson Crusoe; and, best 

 of all, right at my own home I could live out and verify all the wonderful things told therein." 



Here is what Others say : 



This will preserve the original for future genera I am much pleased to get the reprint of Lang- 



jJQj^g G. M. DOOLITTLK. stroth, and I thank you heartily for the same. I 



Marietta N. Y., April 16. have not yet had a chance to look it through, but 



t ' , i' J -ii! ti,„ „„;„* ,„v,;,.v, Vioo did look into it enough to recognize the dear old 



I am much pleased with the reprint which has ,^^^j. j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^.^^ j ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ 



come to hand. . ., ^^ t, ^j a.T,„e bees, and I read it through the first night — the night 



Amherst, Mass., April 15. H. JN. UATES. ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ j captured my first swarm. At least I 



It is very interesting, not only from a sentimental j.ggd jj (jll I dared not sit up any longer lest my 



but from a practical standpoint. father arrive on the scene with a slipper. I did not 



Guelph, Can., April 21. Morley Pettit. j^re look at the clock when I finally did go to bed. 



The dear old man was one of God's very own; Yes, I got the fever bad. Allen Latham. 



and to have this reminder of him on my book-shelf Norwichtown, Ct., April 30. 



will give me much pleasure. __ ^ ^ ,. . , ^ ■ .^ 



Sacramento Cal April 18. A. J. CooK, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 



' State Commissioner of Horticulture. 1853, by L. L. Langstroth." Entered at the same 



, ^ , ■ J, •„ „!,„„„:„„ „„^i, time, without any act of Congress, by means of the 



It seems good to read f g^in t^lis charming work^ ' .^ntaining the aforesaid legend and the hive 



It must ever remain -to the American beekeeper a ^^.,^.^.^ accompanied it, a flood of ifght upon the dense 



•^'''l^-j',,''?'^ instructive and fascinating darkness that had from the foundation of the world 



Middlebury, Vt., April 15. J. t.. CRAJ«e. enshrouded the secret and mysterious doings of the 



It is well to have Langstroth reprinted; and if all uttle busy bee within its closed domicil. 



would read it, many would be saved from going over That divides the history of beekeeping into two 



well-thrashed straw. I have several of the early edi- distinct periods — the long ages before 1853, and the 



tions, and am glad to add this to them. little span of threescore years since then. The rap- 



Arthue C. Miller. i^Uy diminishing few who have lived in both periods 



Providence, R. I., April 20. are in best position to appreciate the immense diflfer- 



I have a copy of the reprint of the 1853 Lang- enoe in the two. As we scan again the pages of the 



stroth I have "long admired the writings of Lang- old — and ever new — book, " Langstroth on the Hive 



stroth' and had read his original edition with great and the Honey-bee," how memories arise of " the 



interest It is especially interesting in that he dis- grand old man " with the inventive brain and loving 



cusses some of the points that are annually " dis- heart, and with the gentle voice we loved so well to 



covered" by others who are unfamiliar with the hear 1 What a blessing that the same man who could 



literature oii bees. I feel that it will benefit Ameri- make such a revolutionary invention could also write 



can beekeepers to become familiar with this book, so beautifully ! Whatever other books the beekeeper 



and trust that it will have a wide distribution. The may or may not have, he is likely always to cherish 



book is a classic, and should be known to all good the one classic from the graceful pen of the beloved 



beekeepers E. P. Phillips. Langstroth. C. C. Miller. 



Washington, D. C, April 16. Marengo, 111. 



While some of our readers may, perhaps, feel that this work would be out of 



ri'itf^ t h P Trioi^ IS 



FATHER LANGSTROTH WAS 60 YEARS AHEAD OF HIS TIME. 

 So much so that he revolutionized beekeeping throughout the world. 

 The book that helped to bring about this remarkable revolution is well worth 

 reading to-day. It is full of valuable tricks of the trade. 



PRICE: 400 pages, bound in cloth, $1.00 postpaid: clubbed with GLEANINGS, 81.50; 

 with ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture, $2.50: with Dadant's Revised Langstroth, $1.85. 



The A. I. Root Company, Medina, Ohio 



