ADVERTISEMENT. 



Scarcely had the ink, with which this Volume was 

 written, become dry, ere we were called upon to mourn 

 the loss of its intelligent and highly-respected Author, 

 who, while on a mission of good to his Agricultural breth- 

 ren, was suddenly cut off, in the mid-day career of his 

 usefulness, atDanbury, Conn., October 6, 1839, after an 

 illness of a few days' continuance. The high estimation, 

 in which he was held, is amply evinced by the expressions 

 of regret for his loss, and of respect for his memory and 

 worth, that have appeared in the public prints, throughout 

 the Union. He had long been identified with one of the 

 most important interests of our country, and, more recent- 

 ly, shone as an ardent advocate of another equally as im- 

 portant interest. After a careful examination of the vari- 

 ous projects that have been devised for furnishing School 

 Districts with suitable Libraries, he became fully convinc- 

 ed of the superiority of the Massachusetts plan, and, ac- 

 cordingly, repeatedly expressed, through the columns of the 

 ' Cultivator,' his decided preference for ' The School 

 Library' now publishing under the sanction of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Board of Education, and, as a still stronger evi- 

 dence of his preference, he prepared, for the larger Series, 

 the present Volume. 



During the past season, he compiled a volume, con- 

 sisting of selections from the columns of the ' Cultivator ;' 

 permission to print which, was by him granted to the 



