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stowed a small per centage of their overgrown fortunes upon the wretches 

 whom their monopoly of power has impoverished and wronged, they flatter 

 themselves that they have done all which human sympathy or divine injunc- 

 tion requires at their hands. {Book of the Boudoir, by Lady Morgan, vol. i. 

 p. 322.) 



An Experimental Hive. — During the time I have had the care of bees I 

 have paid a great deal of attention to them; have tried some experiments with 

 them ; and read much on the subject, a great portion of which reading I have 

 doubted the truth of. But the most interesting thing that I have seen, is a 

 box-hive of my own invention and construction. I cannot here send you the 

 plan of it, but I can describe its use, which is to show the whole of the opera- 

 tions of the queen bee, as well as the workers, from the time they are put in, 

 till the commencement of the following winter, when they are always killed ; 

 though I am in hopes that I have now hit upon a plan to keep alive the next 

 swarm that I may have. It is highly interesting, during the summer months, to 

 those who are fond of bees, to watch them in a hive of this kind; to see the 

 queen deposit her eggs, during which time she is surrounded by as many bees 

 as can stand in a circle about the size of a half-crown piece, with their heads 

 towards her (for it rarely happens that a bee turns its back to the queen 

 when close to her) ; also to watch the workers, as well as a large portion 

 which are always at rest. By means of this hive I have been able to give a 

 flat contradiction to statements which otherwise I could not have done. It 

 is merely a box about 3 ft. long and 1 ft. high, about 3 in. thick, glazed on both 

 sides, with working boxes to correspond fixed on the top. It is placed on a 

 stand in the window of a room, so that I have only to take a seat and watch 

 them at my leisure. — R. T. Totteridge. 



Domestic Economy and Cookery. — We strongly recommend to such of our 

 readers as have not a cookery book, No. 17. of Chambers' Information for the 

 People, price three halfpence. It is a complete epitome of all the directions 

 for cookery, &c, required for a family in moderate circumstances. Besides 

 some valuable introductory observations on domestic management generally, 

 on diet, and on cookery, there are directions for roasting twelve different arti- 

 cles; for boiling as many; for making thirteen different soups; for ten differ- 

 ent stews ; for twelve sorts of pies and dumplings ; for eleven different pud- 

 dings ; and for two dozen of miscellaneous dishes, including a Scotch haggis, 

 our favourite dish a haricot of mutton, and various hashes and economical 

 dishes got up from cold meat, bones, &c, at little expense. There are di- 

 rections given for making nineteen light dishes and confectionery, and thirteen 

 sauces. There are twenty-four different modes given of dressing fish ; excel- 

 lent directions for baking bread, and brewing beer, and also for making ginger 

 beer; a list of provisions in season, for every month in the year ; directions 

 for choosing provisions ; and, in conclusion, twenty paragraphs of " advice for 

 the economical." The whole is original ; and, for a poor man, or a man in mo- 

 derate circumstances, this three-halfpenceworth is, in our opinion, worth all 

 the other cookery books put together, from its conciseness and comprehensive- 

 ness. Such cookery ought to be in every man's house who is able and willing 

 to work ; no man should be without it, and no one, however rich, need exceed 

 it; for all beyond, as far as health, either to the individual or the body politic, 

 is concerned, is worse than useless. We are glad to find that this epitome 

 contains no directions for making home-made wines, the time and money spent 

 in manufacturing which we consider as entirely thrown away. Let us have 

 a free intercourse with France and Germany, and we shall soon have genuine 

 wines within the reach of everyone who desires to drink them. The practice 

 of making jellies, jams, and marmalades, so common in the families of Scotch 

 farmers and gardeners, is disapproved of, on account of the time and money 

 consumed in making them, and the unwholesomeness of the articles. — Cond. 



