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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[May, 1883 



The Bioorapher, Illustrated, for May, 1883, 

 published at No. 23, Park Row, New York, at $3.50 

 per year, bas found its way to our editorial table, 

 aud we accord it a cordial welcome. If an illus- 

 trated biographical periodical elicits auy astonish- 

 ment at all, it ou^'ht to be that a publication of the 

 kind had not been initiated long ago. This is the 

 first number of a royal octavo of 64 pages, contain- 

 ing 3.5 biographical sketches of eminent men and 

 women of the continents of Europe and America, 32 

 of which are accompanied by very striking portraits 

 (so far as we are able to judge) executed on wood. 

 The letter press and material are unexceptionable, 

 and the satisfactory condensation of the sketches 

 into such limited spaces, and yet retaining the 

 essential facts, certainly exhibits as much ability as 

 is displayed in more elaborate works. We do not 

 know that this field has ever been occupied in this 

 country before by a regular serial ; and, at first 

 blush, one might suppose that such a work must 

 necesparily be limited. "Bless your soul," no. There 

 is stock enough on hand for a long line to come ; 

 moreover, every day of the entire year, a hero, a 

 statesman, a philosopher, a scientist, a soldier, a 

 philanthrophist, an artist, a machinist, or a pro 

 fessional, is born, so that the "tether" of such a 

 journal might extend to the end of time. Itcertainly 

 fills a micHHiH that hitherto existed, and considering 

 the amount and quality, it fills it creditably and 

 cheaply. Should every number equal this, its 

 patrons will find, at the end of the'year, themselves 

 in possession of an octavo volume containing 768 

 pages, 400 biographies and 384 portraits, and all for 

 the sum of S3..50. Its value to editors, essayists, 

 lecturers, historians and the literati in general, is 

 unquestionable. 



Sgientifc and Literakt Gossip.— a monthly 

 magazine of notes, news and reviews in science and 

 literature, .50 cents a year. Published by S. E. 

 Cassino & Co., 41 Arch street, Boston, Mass. 



The Southern Cultivator for Mat. — This 

 popular and sterling agricultural journal is again on 

 our table. An examination of its contents show it 

 to be fully equal to previous numbers. The proprie 

 tors have purchased The Southern Farmer's Monthly, 

 and by this act have absorbed the only remaining 

 rival in their particular field. 



The Soiifherti Cultivator stands in the very front 

 rank of agricultural papers, and for the South is 

 certainly unequaled by any. As usual. Thoughts 

 for the Month and the Inquiry Department are full 

 of standard advice to Southern farmers, and if The 

 Cultivator contained only these it would be well 

 worth the subscription price. But to these are 

 added very many other features of interest and im- 

 portance, embracing the subjects of Truck Farming, 

 Laws for the Farmer, Sheep Husbandry, Fertilizers, 

 Letters from the Field, Dickson's Letters on Inten- 

 sive Farming, The Patrons of Husbandry, Jersey 

 Cattle Notes, The Poultry Yard, The Household, 

 Children's Department, Fashions, etc. Price, per 

 annum |1..50. Address, Jas. P. Harrison & Co., 

 Atlanta, Ga. 



Strawbbidge and Clothier QuA|RTeklt, pub. 

 lished by Straw bridge and Clothier, merchants. 

 Eighth and Market street, Philadelphia, Pa. and 

 devoted to Fashion, Home-Art, and Household 

 Economy. No. 2, Vol. I. of this splendid Quarterly 

 Quarto is before us, and perhaps there is no mercan- 

 tile enterprise of the kind in the entire country, that 

 makes any approach to it, in fine and elaborate illus- 

 trations, fair and readable letterpress, in quality and 

 variety, all relating to taste in dress and household 

 economy. 88 pages of reading matter, with nearly 

 600 illustrative figures, eight of which are full page, 

 and three additional pages of music. Its contributors 

 are many, and they all seem to be able and practical, 

 writing upon topics appropriate to the journal, upon 

 which they seem to be specially posted. The pub- 

 lishers say — "The ultimate aim is, to afford the large 

 number of our patrons whom distance precludes 

 from visiting us in person, the opportunity of posting 

 themselves with tolerable thoroughness upon the 



subjects of dress and house-furnishing, and to sup- 

 ply their needs through the information the Quarterly 

 presents." Doubtless, such an effort wilUbe crowned 

 with ultimate success, both the buyer and the seller, 

 otherwise it would only be a selfserving machine. 

 The tremendous efforts in the world to cater for the 

 phyniciil man, v/hen legitimately exercised, are com- 

 mendable, the pity is that similar energies, devices 

 and forces, could not be brought to bear upon man's 

 s/M)-««ai condition. It is good, in a natural sense, to 

 "make friends of the unrighteous mammon," but 

 there surely must be higher and worthier aims in 

 human life. But a truce to moralizing — Strawbridge 

 and Clothier conduct a first class establishment, and 

 publish a first class journal, in which they tell what 

 they have to sell, how you may adorn your body and 

 your mansion, from head to foot, from the kitchen 

 to the attic, and a large amount of miscellaneous 

 matter relating to domestic, sanitary, and literary 

 subjects. 



American Farmer, published by E. A. K. 

 Hacket, No. 107 Calhoun St., Fort Wajne, Ind., at 

 $1.00 a year. This is a 16 page quarto, devoted to 

 agricultural and domestic affairs. A neat, compact, 

 and well arranged journal, containing beautiful 

 stock illustrations, and edited with ability. 



Bulletins Nos. 1 and 2. Division of Ento- 

 mology. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Con 

 taiuing reports of experiments, chiefly with kerosene, 

 upon the insects injuriously affecting the orange-tree 

 and the cotton-plant, made under the direction of 

 Dr. C. V. Riley, entomologist of the Department. 

 And reports of observations on the Rocky Mountain 

 Locust and Chinch Bug, together with extracts from 

 the correspondence of the Division on miscellaneous 

 insects, by the same. In all 100 pp. 8 vo. We 

 thankfully acknowledge the receipt of these docu 

 ments, with the compliments of the Chief. These 

 bulletins are mainly compilations from the observa- 

 tions and experiments of local reporters, and ex- 

 tracts from correspondence, and are eminently prac- 

 tical, and of special value to those residing within 

 the region infested by the insects referred to. The 

 Government seems to be slowly recognizing the fact 

 that " Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," and 

 that its employees cannot execute a "job" once for 

 all, but that their labors are continuous— and, for 

 aught any one may know to the contrary, they may 

 be perpetual. 



A graduated physician enters the sphere of med- 

 ical life at one-and-twenty, practices his profession 

 for a period of sixty years, and finally passes off the 

 stage au octogenarian. What has been the result of 

 his medical experience? Why, his professional 

 services were needed during the last year of his 

 medical life, as urgently as they were during the 

 first. It will be even so between the agricultural 

 and domestic interests of the country and practical 

 entomology. The natural work moves slowly. 



Special Reports, Nos. 57 and .58 Department of 

 Agriculture, on the distribution and consumption of 

 Corn and Wheat, and the rates of transportation of 

 Farm products. March, 1883. And, Report on 

 the Area and Condition of Winter Wheat, and the 

 Condition of Farm Animals ; also the spring rates of 

 transportation of farm products. April, 1883, 85 pp. 

 8 vo. From Department of Agriculture. 



The Mechanical News. An illustrated journal 

 manufacturing, engineering, milling and mining. 

 A demi-folio of 20 pp. architecturally and biograph- 

 ically (Peter Cooper) illustrated. Semi-monthly at 

 one dollar a year. No. 110 Liberty street, N. Y., 

 and Springfield, Ohio. The paper and letter-press of 

 this journal are very fine, and the mill-work illus- 

 trations very elaborate and well executed. 



Mastery.— Useful Pastimes for Young People, 

 embracing Home-handicrafts, Household affairs, 

 Rural Occupations, Industrial Arts, Amateur Me- 

 chanics, Experimental Sciences, etc. An illustrated 

 demi-quarto weekly magazine of 16 pages, in tinted 

 ornamental covers, published at 342, Broadway, 

 New York, at $3 a year in advance. No. 1, vol. 1, 



for May 10, 1883, of this beautiful and instructive 

 publication is before us, and contains eighteen sepa- 

 rate articles on practical subjects relating to the 

 above, with twenty-five appropriate illustrations ex- , 

 emplifying the same. 



Mastery is devoted to the instruction of childhood 

 and youth, and in the language of its introductory, 

 it "seeks to be your companion and guide in the ex- 

 ploration of this nearly yet imperfectly known world 

 of action and utility, of beauty and mystery, which 

 is now yours to possess and control." 



Think of that ye young ones, and endeavor early 

 to cultivate a useful aim in life, and if you never 

 come into possession of anything to control but self, 

 "Satan will find no mischief still for idle hands to 

 do," because you will be "out of the bounds" of his 

 workshop, which is iilleness. 



Texas Farm and Ranch. — A double folio of 

 eight pages and forty-eight compact columns of very 

 readable reading matter ; published monthly by the 

 "Texas Farm and Ranch" Publishing Co., Austin, 

 Texas, at one dollar a year. 



Number 1, volume 1, of this enterprising publica- 

 tion has found its way up from the "Sunny South" 

 to our Northern sanctum, and _bring6 with it its 

 genial rays in illumination of many subjects relating 

 to the "farm and ranch," domestic affairs, indus- 

 trial interests, and general literature. According to 

 the census of 1880, Texas at that period had in her 

 226 counties, a population of 1,601,749 inhabitants, 

 a number more than half as large as the entire popu- 

 lation of the thirteen colonies at the close of the 

 Revolution. Yes, we think the Farm and Eanch 

 will succeed, and ought to succeed. 



The Sugar Beet. — Devoted to the cultivation 

 and utilization of the sugar-beet— Royal 4 to. , pub- 

 lished quarterly at .50 cents a year ; 16 pages. An 

 intelligent, persevering and efficient advocate of 

 this useful and beneficent home product. 



The Keystone. In the interest of the jewelry 

 trade, Philadelphia, Pa., 1883. A demi-folio of 8 

 pages, published quarterly at 52 and 54 North Sixth, 

 street, by John L. Shepherd, at 50 cents a year, and 

 devoted wholly and solely to the traffic in jewelry, 

 and especially gold and silver watches, in which it is 

 elaborately illustrated. The designs are "just 

 splendid," and the paper and letter-prsss of a super- 

 ior order. 



Science, No. 11 April 20, 1883, a weekly maga- 

 zine published by Moses King, Cambridjje, Mass., U. 

 S. A., at §5.00 a year, with a rapidly increasing sub- 

 scription list, which it unquestionably deserves. As 

 an illustration of its value as an advertising medium 

 we insert the following, from the number before us : 

 "Moses King, Publisherof.SVi««Cf, Cambridge, Mass.: 



Dear Sir— In accordance with your request we 



herewith furnish you a statement of the sixty-nine 



thousand (69,000) copies we have actually printed 



of the illustrated weekly journal " Science," and 



have made affidavit to same before a Justice of the 



Peace : 



No. 1, Feb. 9, fi.OOO copies. No. 6, Mar. 16, 6,000 copies. 

 " 2, " 16, 6,000 •• " 7, " 23, 10,000 



" .3, " 23, 6,000 " " S, " 30, 6,000 



" i. Mar. 2, 7,000 " " 9, Apr. 6, 6,(100 



" 5, " 9, 10,000 " " 10, '■ 13, 6,rKXI 



It is our understanding that the regular issue of 



Science is never to be less than six thousand (6.000) 



copies every week, and that during the year we are to 



print fully four hundred thousand copies (400.000). 



Yours Respectfully, Rand, Avery it Co. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, (ss, Boston, 

 Suffolk County. S April 16, 1883. 



Personally appeared Avery L. Rand, to me well 

 known as the member of the firm of Rand, Avery & 

 Co., who signed said firm's name to the foregoing 

 and made solemn oath that the statements therein 

 contained are true. 



Jno. L. Paige, Justice of the Peace. 



We have already noticed this journal in the literary 

 colums of the Farmer, and it gives us pleasure to 

 be able to record these evidences of its success, and 

 incidentally, its value as an advertising medium to 

 those who engage in buying and selling. Its success, 

 as a scientific journal, is very extraordinary. 



