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had the management of large farms, and extensive estates, such as those of 

 Loudon Castle in Ayrshire, and Donnington Park in Leicestershire, both in 

 Scotland and England. The excellent forms for account-books which he has 

 given at the end of this volume are so superior to those generally published, 

 that we consider them alone worth the price of the book. 



Elements of Agricultural Chemistry ; in a Course of Lectures for the Board of 

 Agriculture, delivered between 1802 and 1812. By Sir Humphry Davy, 

 Bart., L.L.D., F.R.S., Foreign Associate of the Institute of France, &c. 

 The sixth edition. 8vo. London, 1839. 



A standard work, brought down to the present time by Dr. Davy, the 

 author's brother. Any recommendation of this volume is altogether unne- 

 cessary. We are glad to see it in a form and at a price which will render it 

 purchasable by those who have hitherto not been able to procure it. 



The Sixth Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 1838. 

 8vo, pp. 204, seven plates. Falmouth. 



Though this volume contains articles chiefly interesting to the engineer, yet 

 there are some which concern the gardener and the farmer. Among these is 

 Polkinhorn's machine for cleansing corn. This machine consists of two parts : 

 first, a vertical axis, carrying a stone which revolves in a wire sieve, and has 

 an opening in the centre for the corn to pass through ; and, secondly, a simi- 

 lar axis, carrying a very thickly haired brush. The corn is conducted to the 

 rubbing-stone by a sloping screen, kept in motion ; which, in its passage, se- 

 parates the larger particles of dirt from the corn. The corn is then rubbed 

 in its passage under and round the stone ; after which it is rubbed in the brush 

 sieve, and passed through it, thus becoming thoroughly cleansed from smut 

 and other impurities. An easy means of recording the state of the weather is 

 given by our esteemed correspondent Mr. Sop with, which is very ingenious ; 

 and Bain's Duplicator, a simple and correct apparatus for copying plans, maps 

 drawings, &c., is described. 



Gatherings from Grave-Yards, particidarly those of London ; with a concise His- 

 tory cf the Modes of Interment among different Nations, from the earliest 

 Periods ; and a Detail of dangerous and fatal Results produced by the unwise 

 and revolting Custovi of inhuming the Dead in the midst of the Living. By 

 G. A. Walker, Surgeon. 8vo. London, 1840. 



This is a book of extraordinary interest ; detailing facts, incredible, if they 

 were not proved beyond a doubt. The author is of opinion that our present 

 and past mode of burying the dead has been a vast and constantly operating 

 cause of disease and death for centuries ; and it is impossible to read his work 

 without agreeing with him. His book, indeed, ought to be read by every 

 clergyman ; and, as gardeners are frequently called on to lend their assistance 

 in laying out cemeteries, they also ought to peruse it. We certainly think 

 that it will have some influence on the government; and we most ardently 

 desire that it may, without loss of time, be the means of doing away alto- 

 gether the practice of having burial grounds in towns or cities, and that of 

 burying in churches, either in town or country. We conclude with a short 

 extract, and our warmest commendations : — 



" The customs of different nations respecting interment shpw that in every 

 country danger was apprehended from the proximity of the dead to the living. 

 Experience justified the apprehension ; and the French government stands 

 preeminent in its arrangements to secure the health and, consequently, the 

 happiness of its members. The dead interred within their cities have been 

 removed ; public cemeteries have been established at a distance from towns ; 

 sanatory laws have been enacted and rigidly enforced. New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and a few other states, have followed the example ; but England yet 



