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points out his purposes, and makes his meaning plain. But it is only by a 

 close and intimate acquaintance with the nature and the habits of the animal, 

 that the designer of a dwelling for the dumb creation can succeed in rendering 

 it such as may be the most conducive to their comfort, which carries with it 

 what is even of more consequence, their health. Hitherto, however, this 

 care has been considered as unworthy the attention of the professional artist, 

 and animals of great value have either been kept in places rendered wholly 

 unfit for them, by the carelessness of the architect, or consigned to the tender 

 mercies of some country carpenter. 



" To rescue, then, if it be possible, this subject from the errors of igno- 

 rance, or the omissions of neglect ; to raise it in the estimation of my readers 

 to the consideration due to its importance ; and to point out the methods 

 whereby an outlay, frequently incurred to little purpose, may be expended to 

 the best advantage, will be the object of the following pages." 



A Popular Treatise on Agricultural Chemistry. Intended for the Use of the Prac- 

 tical Farmer. By Charles Squarcy, Chemist. 8vo, pp. 124. London, 

 1842. 



A laudable attempt, for which the author deserves credit ; but how far he 

 has succeeded, we leave to a correspondent more competent to judge than 

 ourselves, and whose opinion will, we trust, appear in next Number. 



The British Almanack of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for 

 1842. Small 8vo, pp. 97. London, 1842. \s. 



Companion to the Almanack, or Year-Book of General Information, for 1842. 

 Small 8vo, pp.244, several woodcuts. London, 1842. 2s. Qd. 



The Companion, among much interesting matter, contains an extract from 

 the Act of Parliament authorising the formation of Victoria Park, and 

 notices of a number of very handsome public buildings erected in London and 

 throughout the country, several of them illustrated by engravings. Among 

 these illustrations is an elevation of Streatham new church, in which a style 

 occasionally seen in Venice and other parts of Italy, but never, as far as we 

 know, before in England, is successfully introduced by Mr. Wild. The ap- 

 proach to this church will be through an avenue of Pinus taurica, which, 

 with the painted glass, by Willemet, of the windows over the altar, are or 

 will, we believe, be presented by George Fuller, Esq., of Streatham. There 

 is a handsome perspective view of St. Mary's Church, Southwark, which is in 

 the early English style, with high-pitched roof and gable, by Mr. B. Ferrey. 

 Trinity Chapel, Poplar, by Mr. W. Hosking, in the Roman style, is illustrated 

 by two engravings. There is a perspective view of St. George's Hall and the 

 new Assize Court at Liverpool, comprised in one grand building, by Mr. 

 Elmes ; a view of Liverpool Collegiate Institution, also by Mr. Elmes ; and a 

 view of the Savings' Bank, Bath, the design of Mr. George Alexander, which we 

 think one of the handsomest things in the volume. " A committee having been 

 appointed, architects were invited to send in designs, the estimate being 

 limited to 2500/., and that by Mr. George Alexander (who had previously 

 obtained one of the premiums for St. George's Hall, Liverpool) was selected. 

 We understand that, before being finally appointed architect, Mr. Alexander 

 agreed with the committee, that, in case the building at all exceeded the stipu- 

 lated sum, they were at liberty to discharge him, without his being entitled to 

 any remuneration; all the drawings remaining in their hands, to do with them 

 as they pleased. Tenders were received from six or seven of the principal 

 builders at Bath, all of which were, with one exception, within the estimate, 

 and that of Mr. D. Aust was taken at 2350/." (p. 231.) 



The mere diffusion of these engravings will not be without its effect in cul- 

 tivating a taste for architecture ; and this taste, joined to that of natural 

 history and rural affairs, affords an endless source of interest and enjoyment to 

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