22 BEE-KEEPING: THE OLD AND THE NEW. 
those who delight to read of the honey-bee as a christian 
gentleman and scholar has delighted to write. 
Aside from its practical vglue, which twenty years 
have failed to greatly depreciate, its perusal will im- 
press all with a more elevated sense of the wisdom which 
gave this tiny insect a place in the system of creation. 
A recent contribution is the ‘‘ Manual of the Apiary,” 
by Prof. A. J. Cook, of the State Agricultural College, 
Lansing, Mich. Prof. Cook is an entomologist, and has 
opened a field in bee-culture, hitherto comparatively un- 
explored, in his clear and simple elucidations of the nat- 
ural history of the honey-bee. His book contains prac- 
tical matter fully up to the times, and no intelligent bee- 
keeper can afford to do without it. 
The “ New Bee-keeper’s Text Book,” by A. J. King, is 
a revision of the old edition, written by N. H. and H. A. 
King. It is small and compact, containing many valua- 
ble hints and directions. 
Of the latest work before us, ‘The Blessed Bees,” by 
John Allen, I hesitate to speak, and should say nothing, 
did I not fear that its roseate coloring might lead the un- 
wary into grave mistakes and serious failurcs. Were it 
not that Prof. Cook vouches for the integrity of the 
author, I should be inclined to regard it as a pleasant fic- 
tion, which years’ of hard-earned experience have not 
enabled our most successful bee-keepers to equal in reality. 
I must not fail to recognize the aid we have reccived 
from foreign writers in their books and periodicals. We 
are indebted to them for many theories and practices, 
which have proved invaluable. There are probably no 
finer, highly-magnified illustrations of the honey-bee, than 
are found in the ‘* Anatomy and Physiology of the Honey- 
Bee,” by Michel Girdwoyn, published by J. Rothschild, 
Paris, France. 
Mr. Quinby’s characteristic benevolence caused him to 
feel a genuine anxiety that bee-keeping should become a 
