PROSPECTUS FOR 1854. 



THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. 



UNRIVALED ARRAY OF TALENT. 



THE proprietors of the POST, in again corning before the 

 public, would return thanks for the generous patronage 

 ■which has placed them far in advance of every other Liter- 

 ary Weekly in America. And, as the only suitable return 

 for such free and hearty support, their arrangements for 

 1S54 have been made with a degree of liberality probalily 

 nnequaled in the history of American newspaper htcrature. 

 They have engaged as contributors for the ensuing year the 

 following brilliant array of talent and genius : 



Mbs. SoPTDWOETn, Emeeson Bennett, Mes. Denkon, 

 Gea.ce Geeenwood, and Fannt Fern. 



In the first paper of January next, we design commenc- 

 ing an Original Novelet, written expressly for our columns, 

 entitled 



THE BKlDE OF THE WILDERNESS, 

 By EsTEESON Bennett, author of " Viola," " Clara More- 

 land," " The Forged Will," etc. 



This Novelet, by the author of " Clara Moreland," wo 

 design following by another, called 



THE STEP-MOTHER, 

 By Mrs. Mart A. Denison, author of " Home Pictures," 

 " Gertrude Russell," etc. 

 We have also the promise of a number of 



SKETCHES BY GRACE GREENWOOD, 

 whose brilliant and versatile pen will be almost exclusively 

 employed upon the Post and her »wn " Little PUgrim." 



Mrs. Soutuwoeth — whose fascinating works are now 

 being rapidly republished in England— also will maintain 

 her old and pleasant connection with the Post. The next 

 story fl-om her gifted pen will be entitled 



MIRIAM, THE AVENGER; OR, THEIFATAL VOW, 

 By Emma. D. E. N. Southwoeth, author of " The Curse of 

 Clifton," "^The Lost Heiress," "The Deserted Wife," etc. 



And last — not least — we are authorized to announce a 

 new series of articlea from one who has rapidly risen very 

 high in popular favor. They will be entitled a 



NEW SERIES OF SKETCHES, BY FANNY FERN, 

 Author of " Fern Leaves," etc. 

 We expect to be able to commence the Sketches by Fan- 

 ny Fben — as w^ll as the series by Grace Geeenwood — im 

 the early numbers of the coming year. 



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December 1, 1853.— It 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



An Address delivered before the Agricultural Society 



of Franklin County, Mass., October 7, 1853, 861 



National Horse Exhibition, 866 



Recently Discovered Guano Islands in the Indian ' 



Ocean, 368 



A Model Farm, 868 



BufTaloes, 868 



Short-born Breeders in England, 869 



How to Enrich the Soil, 869 



A Lancasterian School, 870 



Farmers and Manufacturers, 371 



California Farming 371 



The Wintering of' Stock, 872 



Flax-Culture, and Flax-Cotton, 878 



Agricultural Schools, 876 



Editoe's Table— The Genesee Farmer to ita Readers 



and Patrons, 380 



Death of John Delafleld, 880 



English and American Horses, 881 



First State Fair in North Carolina, 382 



Agricultural Addresses, 882 



Enterprise in Farming, , 8S3 



Condensed Correspondence, 883 



Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained, 884 



I.,andscapo Gardening, 384 



Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology, 884 



Prince's Melodeons, 384 



Inquiries and Answers, 834 



HOETICUXTirBAI, DKPABTMENT. 



Valedictorv 877 



The Fallen Leaves 878 



Garden Hints for December, 879 



Ne^v York Agricultural Warehouse. 



HORSE POWERS, Threshers, Fan Mills, Smut Machines, 

 Grain Drills, Hay Presses, Grain Mills, Corn and Cob 

 Crushers, Cider Mills, and a large assortment of Plows, and 

 all kinds of Agricultural and Horticultural Implements. 



Peruvian Giiano, Superphosphate sf Lime, Borne Dust, 

 and other fertilizers, of the most superior kinds. 



R. L. ALLEN, 



Sept. 1, 1853. 189 and 191 Water street. New York. 



The Practical and Scientific Farmer's ovjn Paper. 

 THE GENESEE PARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOTTENAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AM) HORTICULTURE, 



illttsteated wrrH numerous engeavings of 

 Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements, &c. 



VOLUME XrV, FOR 1853. 



DAOTEL LEE, JAMES VICE, Jr., & JOSEPH 



HARRIS, Editors. 



P. BARRY, Conductor of Horticultural Department. 



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