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holder's hard-earned crust. The book will do less harm to the 

 amateur. 



Elements of Agriculture." By the late W. Fream, LL.D. 

 Edited by J. E. Ainsworth-Davis, M.A. xvi + 692 pp. (John 

 Murray, London, 1911.) 5s. net. 



This is the eighth edition of a well-known text-book which has again 

 been brought up to date. The revision has been done by some of the 

 best recognized authorities in the kingdom, supervised by the Principal 

 of the Eoyal Agricultural College. Probably no other English book 

 of its size gives such a comprehensive view of every branch of farming 

 as this, and as such it is of special use to students and others desirous 

 of gaining a sound preliminary knowledge of general farming before 

 making a detailed study of any one of its varied branches. We heartily 

 compliment theE.A.S.E. on the revision of this work, which well merits 

 the success which it will certainly gain. 



"The Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture and Eural 

 Economy." By many authors. Edited by Professor E. Patrick 

 Wright. Vol. xii. 8vo. xii + 245 pp.; with plates, figs., and a 

 model. (The Gresham Publishing Company, London, 1911.) 8s. net. 



The last volume of this important work. Like its predecessors it 

 contains many extremely valuable articles by well-known writers. To 

 be of great use it is necessary for a reader to have easy access to all 

 the twelve volumes at the same time, because there are so many cross- 

 references. We have previously drawn attention to the urgent need 

 of a good index, and now that the whole twelve volumes are published : 

 we are quite convinced of the necessity, especially for those who would 

 make the utmost use of the work as students, teachers, or practical 

 growers. To give one concrete example, we were studying a valuable 

 note on the chemical changes involved in storing farmyard manure. 

 Our attention was for the time diverted, and the book was put away, 

 the heading was forgotten in the interest aroused respecting the subject. 

 Later, wishing to continue the study, various probable articles in | 

 different volumes were looked up before it was found, not under M 

 (Manure), F (Farmyard manure), but under W (Winter manuring). 

 We advise the publishers to ascertain from their known subscribers the t 

 desirability of a good index, giving with the inquiry an intimation of the 1 

 lowest possible price of such index. If an index be ultimately forth- 

 coming we shall most heartily recommend the work as a whole. , 



"Sylviculture in the Tropics." By A. F. Broun. 8vO'. xvi -F 

 309 pp. (Maomillan, London, 1912.) 8s. 6d. net. 



This book, we are told in the preface, was originally intended to 

 form one o'f a series on Agriculture in the Tropics, but on the original 

 scheme for the series being abandoned it was published as an indepen- 

 dent work. 



The author was formerly in the Indian Forest Service, and also 



