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relation to the culture of silk as an article of domestic produce. 

 We r.3ed not here speak of the benefits which, we think, this coun- 

 try will receive from the attention which is now being given to it. 

 We have before incidentally expressed our mind, and we can but 

 repeat, that we are every day more convinced of its practicability 

 and its importance. The present work is one of the best, which 

 has yet been published ; and, with that of Mr. Colob, contains all 

 the information that is needed upon the subject. Mr. Comstock is 

 well known as the editor of the Silk Culturist ; a work, having a 

 great circulation throughout the country, and he has collected from 

 all sources, for which he has numerous facilities, and has brought 

 together such facts and statements as cannot fail to convince every 

 one of the certainty of a good return to those who are willing to 

 embark in the enterprise. The work is printed in a neat type, on 

 good paper, and we recommend it to the attention of all interested 

 in the culture of mulberry trees, and the rearing of silk worms. 



Art. III. The Year BooJc : an Astronomical and Philosophi- 

 cal Annual : fitted for general use in all parts of the United 

 States. By Marshall Conant. 1 vol. 12mo. Upwards of 200 

 pages. Munroe St Francis : Boston. Charles S. Francis : 

 New York. 



We were favored, some time since, with a copy of this work, 

 by the publishers, which we now take the opportunity to recom- 

 mend to the notice of gardeners, who, besides their profession, are 

 ambitious of acquiring some knowledge of astronomy, philosophy, 

 &c. It contains, in addition to an excellent almanac, much use- 

 ful and valuable information on general subjects. It is divided into 

 three parts ; — astronomy, — calendar for 1836, — and the Year 

 Book. The latter part contains miscellaneous articles, foreign and 

 domestic notices of recent inventions and discoveries in the more 

 practical departments of science and the arts. It is printed in a 

 beautiful type, and will be an acquisition to the library. 



