106 Revieirs. — Cobnan's Address. 



REVIEWS. 



Art, I. Annual Report of the TransarMons of the Mnn- 

 roe County Agricultural Society, containing the Address 

 at the Exhibitioji and Fair of the Society at Rochester, 

 October 2^, 1S42. By Henry Colman, President of the 

 Society. The Report of the Committee, and of the Pre- 

 miums awarded, and a list of the Officers and Members 

 of the Society for 1842. Pamphlet, Svo., pp. G8. Roch- 

 ester, 1842. 



The larger portion of the pamphlet before us contains 

 the address delivered by Mr. Colman before the annual 

 Fair of the Munroe County Agricultural Society, in October 

 last. This address has been well spoken of in the agri- 

 cultural papers, as one of the most practical that its author 

 has produced. For ourselves, we are free to confess that 

 we rose from its perusal with greater pleasure than from 

 any one of the many Mr. Colman has written for some 

 time. In a note preceding the address, the author states 

 that, some years since, when about to exchange pulpit ser- 

 vices with a friend, in a neighboring town, his little girl, 

 about five years old, inquired of him if he was going to 

 say the same words which he said the last Sunday. Now, 

 he continues, in delivering and publishing so many agricul- 

 tural addresses as he has done, it would not surprise him if 

 his friends should discover that he has said the same words 

 before. All he can be sure of is, that he has not spoke 

 them in the same place ; and he thinks it will not be 

 found a copy of any previous one. 



This little anecdote seems very well to introduce this 

 excellent address: and those who know the writer, know 

 that it is only a gentle hit at those who are ever cavilling 

 about the originality of an agricultural address ; as if a 

 new path could be struck out and matters discussed, with- 

 out regard to all that has been accomplished in the rapid 

 progress of agricultural improvement. Mr. Colman has 

 written much upon the subject of farming; besides the val- 

 uable mass of information in his Agricultural Survey, he 

 has delivered numerous addresses before various Agricul- 

 tural Societies in New England, within a few years : and 



