GUARDIAN. "Deals with such subjects as the care of horses, cattle, 

 pigs, sheep, poultry, and bees ; and the little book contains the latest and 

 most intelligent theories on these matters, together with much practical in- 

 formation. . . . Mr. Buchanan has studied his subject thoroughly and 

 speaks with an authority which practical experience alone can give." 



EDUCATIONAL NEWS. " This Reader is given in two parts Farm 

 Life of the Country, and Wild Life of the Country. Part I. deals with the 

 horse, cattle, pig, sheep, country dogs, poultry, and bees ; whilst Part II. 

 treats of animals, birds, and insects. One very useful feature of the book is the 

 numerous practical hints it supplies to its readers. 'The manual is intended 

 for the elder children of village schools, and a more stimulating volume could 

 not be placed in their hands. It is written with considerable literary ability, 

 and altogether reflects great credit on its author. The work is copiously 

 illustrated, and strongly bound." 



IR/SH TEACHERS JOURNAL. "This admirable Reader is intended 

 for the elder pupils who can read with ease and fluency. The author has 

 endeavoured to use short words and simple sentences. He has produced a 

 work at once interesting and scientific. His explanation of the squeals of 

 the pig, the greedy habits of the dog, and the dainty mode of feeding of 

 the cat, are not only interesting of themselves, but calculated to make pupils 

 observe more closely familiar objects which would otherwise pass almost 

 unnoticed. We are living at a time when some of our most thoughtful 

 people are anxious to turn the drift of migration from the town to country, and 

 we know of nothing better calculated to attract people to the country than such 

 readers as the one placed at the head of this notice. It is beautifully printed : 

 the illustrations are numerous amd excellent, and the general turnout is 

 characterised by that excellence which distinguishes all the publications of the 

 eminent house of Macmillan." 



IRISH FARMING WORLD. "The attractive little volume is just such a 

 work as one would like to see in every village school throughout the country. 

 Of course we have an 'Elementary Text Book for Use in Irish National 

 Schools,' but we do not think that the ends of that work svould at all be 

 interfered with by the introduction of the Country Reader. On the contrary, 

 we think that this work would induce pupils to take an additional interest in 

 the Text Book, for it literally breathes of the country and, on account of its 

 general air of freshness and clearness, is certain to be highly appreciated by 

 all who peruse its pages, for the sketches of country life which it contains afford 

 really excellent reading." 



COUNTY GENTLEMAN. "Mr. H. B. M. Buchanan, Hales, near 

 Market-Drayton, has just issued through Messrs. Macmillan A Country 

 Reader, for the use of children in village board schools, which is founded upon 

 an excellent idea. Instead of the usual trite twaddle considered suitable for 

 their never-likely-to-be-developed minds,.he has chosen interesting and instruc- 

 tive little articles of all sorts of country subjects with a view of stimulating the 

 interest and observation of the children, and has found it work with good 

 results in his own'neighbourhood. Such an idea properly carried out through- 

 out England might help to check the tide of rural exodus by inculcating into 

 the modern rustic youth that love of the country so conspicuously absent." 



AGRICULTURAL WORLD. " This useful little book is not meant for 

 very young children, but for the elder children of our village schools children 

 who are supposed to read with ease, and are expected to know the meaning of 

 ordinary English words. It is simply and pleasantly written, and contains a 

 variety of excellent illustrations." 



TEACHERS' AID. "We cannot speak too highly of this beautiful and 

 instructive reader. The matter is excellent and the pictures are gems. We 

 can imagine the boys and girls of country schools going into raptures of delight 

 over it, and we should have no hesitation in substituting it for any other Reader 

 which may be in use. Town and urban scholars will find much to interest 

 them in its pages." 



