NO. I. 

 From Philadelphia' 1 s distinguished Lawyer, Theo. Cuyler : 



I have examined the several pages of the book entitled 

 " American Manures and Farmers' and Planters' Guide," pub- 

 lished at Philadelphia, by Chynoweth and Company, 1871, to 

 which you asked my attention. These pages are numbered 214, 

 216, 227, 238, 240 and 244. I have also examined the book at 

 large sufficiently to enable me to form an idea of its general 

 scope and tenor. Assuming .the statements of the book to be 

 true at the pages indicated, they do not in my opinion transcend 

 the bounds of legitimate criticism and are not libellous. The 

 language, though severe and strong, is not more strong and 

 severe than such facts justify in a book devoted to the useful 

 instruction of the people in a preeminently important depart- 

 ment of practical knowledge. I could much more easily under- 

 stand, that silence and the suppression of such information on 

 the part of those possessing it, would be an offence against 

 society, than I could that its utterance would be a legal offence 

 against the rights of an individual engaged in the perpetration 

 of such deceptions. No man has a legal right to mislead and 

 deceive the public. If he does so and injury to any individual 

 results therefrom, he is liable in damages. If he does so and is 

 exposed, he who exposes him has performed a duty, and not 

 committed a wrong. 



(Signed,) THEO. CUYLER. 



NO. II. 



From the Author of "American Or ape Growers* Guide" etc. : 



Your book "American Manures and Farmers' and Planters' 

 Guide," supplies, most Effectually, a want that has long existed, 

 and, no doubt, will save millions of dollars to the agricultural 

 community, not only from the fearless manner in which you 

 have exposed the frauds of the manufacturers of special fertilizers, 

 but, also, by the lucid and scientific, yet practical and readily 



