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the United States. This work shows how the French admire 
and wish to benefit by our exertions this side of the Channel. 
On the Institutions of“ Trust on Land 55 and tc Agricultural Credit ” 
in the various States of Europe. New Documents collected by 
order of M. Dumas, Minister of Agriculture. Paris, 1851. 
These institutions are destined to favour credit, on mort- 
gage upon land, or on the moveable property of agriculturists. 
It is a work interesting beyond measure to those who make 
economic science their study. 
A Guide to Landed Proprietors tvho let their Land to Farmers for 
an Annual Rent . Second edition. By De Gasparin. 
A Guide to Landed Proprietors , who let their Land to Farmers for 
the Half of its Yearly Produce. Second edition. By the same. 
In France more than half the land is cultivated by farmers, 
who, instead of paying rent, divide the produce between 
themselves and the proprietor of the land. This is a practice 
common in many countries on the Continent, and disad- 
vantageous to the owner of an estate, as he is generally 
cheated of all that comes under the name of perquisites, and 
such perquisites are neither small nor few. Some farmers, 
like in England, pay an annual rent, and inasmuch as the 
working of a farm in either case is different, a separate 
‘ Guide 5 for each kind of farmer has been written by De 
Gasparin. 
De Gasparin is known to us, as veterinarians, for his ela- 
borate treatise on the ‘ Contagious Maladies of Sheep. 5 He 
was originally a student in the Lyons 5 Veterinary School, and, 
engaged since in the study of agriculture, has raised himself 
to the enviable position of Member of the French Institute, 
and Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. 
The Agricultural Shoiv held in Paris in 1854 entitled “ Concours 
regioneuse d’Animaux Reproducteursf Sfc. Sfc. 
This work, like all other similar reports, is intended to 
furnish data whereby to appreciate the successful efforts of 
French agriculturists, and their successful advances in all 
rural matters. In this are lists of the many prizes given, 
and drawings of the best animals. Some of the illustrations 
are the most accurate of the kind we have yet seen. The 
