CXXXll 
LIFE OF WILSON. 
h;is rid our oreliards, and whose ravages, if not counteracted, would soon de- 
prive us of all fruit; if the crow and the black-bird be not too greedy, we may 
surely spare them a part of what they have preserved to us, since it is ques- 
tionable, if their fondness for grubs or cut-worms did not induce them to 
destroy these enemies of the maize, whether or not a single stalk of this ines- 
timable corn would be allowed to greet the view of the American farmer. 
The beauties of tliis work are so transcendent, that its faults, which are, in 
truth, mere peccadillos, are hardly perceptible; they may be corrected by one 
of ordinary application, who needs not invoke to his aid either much learning 
nr much intelligence. A book superior in its typographical execution, and 
graphical illustrations, it would be no difficult matter to produce, since the in- 
genuity of man ha^ advanced the fine arts to a state of perfection, sufficient to 
gratify the most fastidious choice; ljut who could rival it in those essentials 
which distinguish it from all other (Similar undertakings, and which constitute 
it one of the most valuable offerings to natural science which taste and genius 
has ever produced? 
