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 THE PRESS. 



"' A manual w^ioh will most assuredly be of great valae." — Pall Mall 

 Gazette. 



" Tractical to the core, really fasoinatittj? reading", in each part the 

 iridenre of a master hand is apparent." — Gardener. 



" Newspapers of all aliades are loud in its praise, whioh is well deserved, 

 aa the work has been well done. It bids fair to become the standard work 

 on bees in Ireland.'* — Aberdeen Journal. 



" This is one of tfhe many really good thinffa that come to us from the 

 Emerald Isle, and is, we believe, the best practical giiide to beekeeping: that 

 has been published either in Bng:land or Ireland." — Hereford Times. 



" Essentially practical, luoid in style, often eloquent in diction, as a 

 popular work on a fascinating: branch of natural history, it will hold the 

 pittnntion of any intelligent reader." — Weltinoton Svening Post. New Zealand. 



" The structure of the bees, both external and internal, ia described 

 accurately, and in aufloient detail, while the story of their lives and labours 

 is told vividly and poetically. We heartily oongrratulate the author."— Iruft 

 Naturalist. 



" The most practical and oomprehensive book on bees that has been 

 offered of late years. There is nothing In this ' Manual ' that would fail to 

 instruct, interest, and oharm all lovers of bees, and incidentally all lovers 

 of nature." — Weekly Freeman. 



" Probably the best practical giiide to the subject that ha^ been published. 

 Notliing of the kind which has been published of late approaohea the book 

 in thoroug:hness. It is full of detail, and yet it is so well arranged that the 

 beginner as well as the expert will read it with profit." — Saturday Review. 



" From the first to the last page it is packed with such information as 

 the apiculturist particularly needs. One can read, learn, and enjoy. 

 lifr. Digges has the faculty of marshalling his fnrfi in the clearest possible 

 t^ay. Every point of importance in the aubject is expounded," — Agricultural 



Hconomist. 



" The style ia simple, vigorous, and crisp, yet withal occfLsioiially soaring 

 up into dazzling flights of beautiful and touching eloquence. Some of the 

 paragraphs remind one of the stately and majestic march of Maeterlinck's 

 iiarmonious, but oftentimes involved sentences. Occasionally we get a 

 flash of Celtic wit — we never meet either a dull or uninteresting paragraph."— 

 Kerr// Ssntinel. 



"A thoroughly trustworthy, complete, and up-to-date manual of the art of 

 modern beekeeping. The arrangement and get up of the volume deserve a 

 special word of commendation. In order to facilitate reference, beside the 

 caption every paragraph is numbered, so that the special point upon which 

 information is sought can be turned up without trouble. What will certainly 

 attract the non-beekeeper is the character of theilluatrations." — Irieh Timed. 



" This manual will be found a perfect enoyclopsedia of knowledge in 

 regard to the-'bee. The author, already well known as the editor of The Irish 

 Dee Journal, is to be congratulated on his handling of the vast amount nt 

 matter at his disposal. He baa contrived to preserve intact all the fascination 

 of his subject, and, while supplying the most minute and detailed information, 

 to compile a book to be read with interest from other than a beekeeping 

 standpoint." — " Literar'j World. 



" Since Cheshire, twenty years ago, brought out his two ei pensive 

 volumes, ' Bees and Beekeeping,' nothing has appeared in these countries 

 dealing with the modern management of bees upon the same comprphensive 

 scale, as does this guide. The author's recognised ability as an e^i>ert in 

 beekeeping, his delightful treatment of the subject, and the very high-olaes 

 printing and binding of the volume have oomblned to produce a work which 

 has out-distanced all its oompetitors, and ii the most compreheBsive book 

 of its kind ever published in thii oountry." — Freeman'a Journal* 



