NORTH HADLEY, MASS. 
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BOOKS. 
T r is a pleasure to continue the Book Department of my Manual. I believe it is both an 
I interesting and profitable directory for my readers. If we are in the flush of business 
success, a few well selected books will help us to maintain our prosperity and suggest 
new and pleasant avenues of thought and effort. If the times are hard with us, we certainly 
cannot give up one or two necessary books which will help us to better our condition. To the 
making of many books there is no end. We cannot buy, or give the time to read, every pub- 
lication that comes along ; therefore a careful selection of those that supply our want is nec- 
essaiy. As I am familiar with a very large number of works specially relating to agricul- 
ture, in the great diversity of subjects relating thereto, it will be a pleasure to help any in- 
quires to find the help they are looking for. The following list is a description of the vol- 
umes sent me the past year for examination, and as they come from reliable sources, , it is a 
pnvilege to acknowledge them here. Some of them indeed are really standard works and 
errid a H n fH gS , ^ Wher ° the style of binding is not mentioned, it may be i„- 
fei red *-hat the ordinary stiff cloth binding is meant. 
T F o“ C « E “ IST « Y ~ a hand-book of profitable crop feeding. From the author, 
three narts ! T ’ ' ' 7’ 5 X 8 in ' ’ 168 P“S M , P ri P e «100. The subject is divided into 
three parts I. The raw materials of plant food. II. The available sources of supply. Ill- 
economic apphcation, or manuring for money. It is seldom a book comes to 
Zn th 1 T/, my attention as tbis book did- When it came I looked hurriedly 
to r aS 1 felt somewhat familiar with its subject matter, I looked along till I got 
that Whtn T h'T 011 ’ 7 7f e besa " l ° read ’ and il was 80 interesting, so sound, so simple, 
then to the first C0 “f leled 1 7 rned back *> tha second division and read that through, and 
... f ,, H t a " d thr °" gh that - 1 believe this is the most valuable book to Eastern farm- 
for 7e7t, g a f ever ooma ac r°ss on this subject, or for that matter on any subject, 
h« rm 7 S depends upon fertihty in working the exlmusted lands of the East. Those who 
st7d77t7 ym , gUnderSt “ ndingly the ® x P er *ment Station Reports would find the 
77.7 f W0 '7 Jl f ,That they wanfc to unIock a vast amount of information to them. I 
and feel twi! , ° ’ b °7 fr0m study and P ractica l experience, from beginning to end 
“7 7!’ lat . 1 can do my readers no greater favor than to urge their procuring a copy at 
s77 e o f (7. h7 1Dg V T P ’ Clear ’ a ‘ >d yet “ 0t f0r chi| dren. The clmpter on Clover the 
Souice of Cai bon as well as nitrogen, suggests a very valuable argument to the uses of cliemi- 
cal manures. The position taken is ahead of that in the book “ Chemicals and Clover ” no- 
fciced elsewhere, highly as I can commend that little pamphlet. 
bvTCTT r 7 K '~7 Com P’ ete Guida ^e Multiplication and Pollination of Plants, 
« y / ' '„ ba y ’ from the Publishers, The Rural Publishing Co., New York City 
fwnr 7 77’- T 1>age , S ' Pl ' ice in doth, $1.00, in paper cover, 50c Illustrated. The fact 
1, 1S B thS haDdS ° f Pr0f ' BailCy is sufH oie"t endorsement of its value to Hor- 
ticultunsts. A finely gotten up book, in every sense. It covers minutely the subject of 
propogatiou and crossing of plants, beside miscellaneous valuable information. 
LiSf= F rrrr A ?, eW System ° f Bee Management, from the author, Mrs. 
r'2 : 1 , W l e Gor "’ Muine Size, 5x in., 146 pages. Price, $1.00. Paper cover. 
gather's 6 h0rSm0de ' nmetl ‘ 0d ° f haDdling bees t0 n,ake ‘hem veritable money 
Lands^pb GaRDENiNO.-by Elias A. Long, editor of American Gardening. From the 
50 7 7 V i Publishing Co., New York City. Size, 7x 10 inches, 32 pages, price 
ner Co Vary ‘ leaVY P a P e1 ' cover. Fully illustrated. Printed on highly finished heavy pa- 
p . Consists of a collection of plans, illustrating the improvement of home grounds, town 
tots, etc. Mr. Long is an expert in this line. 
hs P ^7n I0 7 H0 r E a K 7 P ' N 77 frO “ ‘he publishers. The Buckeye Publishing Co., Minneapo- 
lis, Mmn. Size, 6 x8I£ in., 688 pages, illustrated. While this is a cook book, it contains a 
vast amount of valuable information about house keeping and household economy, beside, 
that this is the most popular Receipt Book before the public is shown by the fact that it has 
Sied upon ° Ve ‘' 7 ° 0 ’° 00 C ° PieS ' A$ “ COmeS fr ° m the office of the Housekeeper, it can be 
