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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Evropean Agriciilhire and Rural Econowy, from 

 personal observation. By Henry Colman. Vol I. Part 

 11. pp. SI to 188. Boston, 1844. 



The second number of Mr. Colman's Report has been 

 issued, and contains a variety of information practical as 

 well as general. The first number was noticed in our July 

 number, p. 270, and the third and fourth parts will proba- 

 bly be issued by April or May, though no time is at present 

 promised. 



The preface to this report explains the cause of the de- 

 lay in the publication of the report. We quote the au- 

 thor's own words : 



" It seems hardly necessary to give any other reason Avhy my Second 

 Report has not sooner made its appearance, than the absolute impossibil- 

 ity of doing in this case what I could wish. The great difficulty of pro- 

 curing the information which I seek, in an exact and authentic form, the 

 peculiar embarrassment and inconveniences which surround a stranger in 

 a country where the habits and manners are wholly different from those 

 to which he has been accustomed, innumerable engagements connected 

 with the objects of his pursuit, travelling and a necessary and frequent 

 change of residence, the obvious inconveniences of reporting upon a sub- 

 ject before its e.xamination is completed, and various other circumstances 

 combine to prevent the rapid progress of the work, and present the strong- 

 est claims upon the indulgence and candor of my readers. I commit it 

 now to the public with extreme diffidence, a diffidence greatly increased 

 by the kind manner in which my countrymen have received my first num- 

 ber. They may be assured that nothing can separate my affection from 

 the land of my birth; and while my highest ambition will be more than 

 satisfied by their good will, I shall find an ample compensation for my la- 

 bor and a long and painful separation from my friends, in the conscious- 

 ness of having conferred some, though it may be a very humble, benefit 

 upon my country." 



The contents and their arrangement are: — XIII. Allot- 

 ment system, (continued) : XIV. Quantity of seed : XV. 

 Steeping seeds : XVI. Spade husbandry : XVII. Condition 

 of the laborers: XVIII. Progress of agriculture compared 

 with other pursuits : XIX. Actual improvements in Eng- 

 lish agriculture: XX. Relation of landlord and tenant: 

 XXI. Game and the game laws : XXII. The Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of Ireland : XXIII. Model Farm and Ag- 



