102 Dr. Dand)s Prize Essay. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Ma7mres, a Prize Essay. By Dr. Samuel L. 

 Dana. Published by the Massachusetts Society for the 

 Promotion of Agriculture. Pamphlet, 8vo. pp. 40. Bos- 

 ton, 1843. 



The author of this Essay, Dr. Dana, is well known to 

 the agricultural community by his writings upon chemistry 

 in its application to agriculture, his analysis of soils and 

 manure, and more recently by the publication of his Muck 

 Manual, which has passed to a second edition. No other 

 man in this country, in the language of the committee, 

 has " done so much to advance the science of chemistry as 

 applied to agriculture, as Dr. Dana." 



The present essay was written for, and obtained, the pre- 

 mium offered by the Massachusetts Society for the Promo- 

 tion of Agriculture, and is every way worthy the reputation 

 which the committee have awarded to it in their prelimi- 

 nary remarks. The views of Dr. Dana in relation to the 

 employment of peat and its preparation for manure, are 

 familiar to a great portion of our readers ; a few more satis- 

 factory experiments are only needed to fully sustain the 

 theory established by the author. 



In our brief space we shall not attempt any extracts from 

 the work ; indeed it can only be thoroughly understood by 

 reading the whole carefully. We may therefore with the 

 committee say to all cultivators, that they may " receive 

 both profit and pleasure from its perusal." 



Art. II. Address delivered at the close of the sixteenth Aji- 

 nual Fair of the American Institute, New York October, 

 1843. By the Hon. James Tallmadge, President of the 

 Institute. Pamphlet Svo. pp. 20. New York 1843. 



To the Hon. Mr. Tallmadge, President of the Institute, 

 much of the success and prosperity of that association is 

 indebted. No individual member has taken a deeper and 

 more continued interest in the affairs of the Institute. 



