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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 Pubhshed 



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

 Never was romance so enticing — not even Robinson Crusoe; and, Lest 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- 

 tions. G. M. DOOLITTLK. 



Marietta, N. Y., April 16. 



I am much pleased with the reprint which has 

 come to hand. 



Amherst, Mass., April 15. B. N. Gates. 



It is very interesting — not only from a sentimen- 

 tal but from a practical standpoint. 



Guelph, Can., April 21. Mobley Pettit. 



The dear old man was one of God's very own; and 

 to have this reminder of him on my bookshelf will give 

 me much pleasure. .\^- >'• CouK, 



State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



Sacramento, Cal., April 18. 



It seems good to read again this charming work. 

 It must ever remain to the American beekeeper a 

 classic, both instructive and fascinating. 



Middlebury, Vt., April 15. J. E. Crane. 



It is well to have Langstroth reprinted; and if all 

 would read it, many would be saved from going over 

 well-thrashed straw. I have several of the early edi- 

 tions, and am glad to add this to them. 



Arthur C. Miller. 



Providence, R. I., April 20. 



I have a copy of the reprint of the 1853 Lang- 

 stroth. I have long admired the writings of Lang- 

 stroth, and had read his original edition with great 

 interest. It is especially interesting in that he dis- 

 cusses some of the points that are annually ''dis- 

 covered " by others wlio are unfamiliar with the 

 literature on bees. I feel that it might benefit Ameri- 

 can beekeepers to become familiar with this book, 

 and trust that it will have a wide distribution. The 

 book is a classic, and should be known to all good 

 beekeepers. E. P. Phillips. 



Washington, D .C, April 16. 



I am much pleased to get the reprint of Lang- 

 stroth, and I thank you heartily for the same. I 

 have not yet had a chance to look it through, but did 

 look into it enough to recognize the dear old book. It 

 was the very first thing I ever read on bees, and I 

 read it through the first night — the niglit of the day 

 I captured my first swarm. At least I read it till I 

 dared not sit up any longer, lest my father arrive on 

 the scene with a slipper. I did not dare look at the 

 clock when I finally did go to bed. Yes, I got the 

 fever bad. Allen Latham. 



Norwichtown, Ct., April 30. 



" Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 

 1853, by L. L. Langstroth." Entered at the same 

 time, without any act of Congress, by means of the 

 book containing the aforesaid legend and the hive 

 which accompanied it, a flood of light upon the dense 

 darkness that had from the foundation of the world 

 enshrouded the secret and mysterious doings of the 

 little busy bee within its enclosed domicil. 



That divides the history of beekeeping into two 

 distinct periods — the long ages before 1853, and the 

 little span of threescore years since then. The rap- 

 idly diminishing few who have lived in both periods 

 are in best position to appreciate the immense differ- 

 ence in the two. As we scan again the pages of the 

 old — and ever new — book, " Langstroth on the Hive 

 ^nd the Honeybee," how memories arise of "the grand 

 ; old man " with the inventive brain and loving heart, 

 and with the gentle voice we loved so well to hear! 

 What a blessing that the same man who could make 

 such a revolutionary invention could also write so 

 beautifully I Whatever other books the beekeeper 

 may or may not have, he is likely always to cherish 

 the one classic from the graceful pen of the beloved 

 Langstroth. 



Marengo, lU. C. C. Miller. 



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

 date the lact 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, $1.50; 

 with .\ B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture. $2.50; with Dadant's Revised Langstroth, $1.85. 



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