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lowed. He denounces, and very justly, the use of " the ofi'al 

 of slaughter-houses in a fresh state," " raw animal carcasses," 

 (fee, Avhich he says the very idea of is enough " to nauseate 

 the strongest appetite and forbid the cultivation of this lus- 

 cious fruit." 



We have only one fault to find with the work : the author, 

 in his preface, apologizes for its want of a " lofty phraseol- 

 ogy," yet he hopes some " set notions and dogmas," which 

 he notices, may speedily vanish from this country at least, 

 where the psychological and physiological industry of man 

 are unfettered, and where we may become a pattern to the 

 world in good culture.'^ 



Art. II. Chemical Field Lectures for Agriculturists. By 

 Dr. Julius Augustus Stockhardt. Translated from the 

 German. Edited, with Notes, by J. E. Teschemacher. 1 

 vol. 12mo., pp. 242. Cambridge, 1853. 



No work on agricultural chemistry, since the publication 

 of Liebeg, can claim a higher rank than this. It is, in truth, 

 a complete popularization of the whole subject, so little un- 

 derstood by plain practical farmers. It begins at the begin- 

 ning, and proceeds step by step, making everything as plain 

 as the commonest treatise upon agriculture. 



We had marked some passages for extracts, but find our 

 space so much taken up that we must omit them. The facts 

 brought forward by Dr. Stockhardt, are invaluable, and the 

 deductions drawn from them, worthy of serious attention ; 

 for although we do not agree with all of them, they still 

 appear plausible enough, and should secure reflection by 

 every inquiring mind. The chapters on draining and guano, 

 are worth alone the price of the book. 



Mr. Teschemacher has executed his editorial task with his 

 usual discrimination, and the translation has suffered nothing at 

 his hands. We shall endeavor to refer to the volume again. 



