56 Literary Notices. 



tivity and enterprise. Stiinulated by the results already attained, in the 

 application of nuachinery to the cultivation and tillage of the soil, the in- 

 ventive talent of Europe and America is constantly adding to the number 

 and perfection of their improvements. Every department of natural and 

 physical science is also rapidly extending its boundaries, reducing experi- 

 ments and theories to practice, and revealing truths and principles before 

 unknown, or which years of routine had only permitted the agriculturist 

 to perceive in a vague and unsatisfactory manner. More than this, the 

 cultivators of the soil have themselves become observers and experiment- 

 ers ; and, through the medium of numerous and well-conducted journals, 

 are recording their observations and results. 



If this progress, so happily and so successfully commenced, is to be 

 continued, it is absolutely necessary that the accumulated results of sci- 

 entific experiment and investigation, the application of new mechanical 

 arrangements, and the records ol all important observations, should be 

 brought within the reach and comprehension of every one who desires to 

 keep pace with, or contribute to, the advancement of agricultural discov- 

 ery and improvement." 



The Modern IIorse DocTnT^ 7?// (^('■rar Bad J. Juli.n P . Jewctl d: Co., 



Piihlishers, Boston. 



From a brief perusal of sii.s v,(i:K, v.o liiir.k ii cniinently calculated to 

 mitigate many of the diseases peculiar to the animal upon which it treats. 

 It is comprehensive and practical, and in the hands of the farmer will 

 prove a guide, not only for the treatment of the horse in health, but is so 

 simplified that lie can be his own surgeon, without fear of committing 

 error. It varies somewhat from the system of medication advocated by 

 works which have been previously published on this subject. The great 

 success of the author, as a practical Veterinary Surgeon, in curing obsti- 

 nate diseases, is a sufficient recommendation of the merits of his book. 



The Carpenter's Assistant. 



Recently published by Livermore, New York, is a woik well calfiula- 

 ted to supply a want existing among carpenters in the country. It con- 

 tains a fund of general information relative to the erection of buildings in 

 any of the various prevailing and obsolete styles.- The book is elegantly 

 illustrated by elevations and outlines minutely explained. The portion 

 relating to stair building is eminently practical, and elucidated in a man- 

 ner that cannot escape the conception of the most limited intellect. As 

 a guide however, in the selection of ornate models for rural buildings it 

 possesses no value, these being inserted simply as evidence of the exterior 

 expression of different orders, and not as examples to be minutely follow- 

 ed by the builder. The book is neatly got up; well piinted, and bound 

 substantially in leather. 



