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pondence referred to in the preceding quotation. The letters to Sil 

 John Sinclair are rendered more interesting by their being facsimiles, 

 showing the fine bold handwriting of their illustrious author. Be- 

 sides, there is some very interesting collateral correspondence by 

 Jefferson, Peters, and others, throwing additional light on the hus- 

 bandry of that period. Engraved portraits of General and Mrs. 

 Washington, views of the mansion at Mount Vernon, a map of the 

 farms, etc., render the volume more complete and elegant. 



It is not as conveying instruction to the intelligent agriculturist 

 of the present day, that we commend this work ; for the art and 

 science of farming have made extraordinary progress since this early 

 era in the history of our country. But it is as revealing a most 

 interesting and little known portion of Washington's life and char- 

 acter, in which his own tastes were more peculiarly gratified, and in 

 which he was no less successful, than in any other phase of his won- 

 derfully great and pure life. 



