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AMERICAN AG-RICITETTTRIST. 
1878.1 
NEW BOOKS 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
COOKING SCHOOL TEXT-BOOK 
AND 
HOUSEKEEPERS* GUIDE 
To Cookery ancl Kitchen Management. 
By Miss Jl'LIET CORSON, 
Superintendent of the New fork Cooking School. 
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the system of Economical Cookery taught in the New York 
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Twenty-Five Cent Dinners 
FOB FAMILIES OF SIX. 
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New and Greatly Enlarged Edition of 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE, 
A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of 
FLORISTS’ PLANTS, 
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Author of ’■ Gardening for Profit," and “ Gardening 
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THE SHEPHERD’S MANUAL. 
A Practical Treatise on the Sheep. 
Designed Especially for American Shepherds. 
By HENRY STEWART. 
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The first edition of this Manual has been so well received, 
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derived from it have been so many and so emphatic, that 
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Winter Greeneries at Home. 
By REV. E. A. JOHNSON, D.D., 
Author of '•Half-Hour Studies of Life." etc., etc. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
The many who have admired its plant embowered win¬ 
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to a number of liis young friends, and they proved of so 
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The information is imparted in an engaging s:yle, and is of a 
simple and practical sort. 
The United Presbyterian (Pittsburg, Pa.) 
It tells what plants to select, howto plant and take care of 
them, and how to arrange them in the most artistic ways for 
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plants, at a window, may he made to adorn a room, and give 
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beautifying our homes in winter time. If one were to enter 
his study lie would find there an illustration of success in 
tliis art. The knowledge is communicate 1 in a fine and fa¬ 
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each other, and makes Hie study a delight. 
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It tells, in a pleasant and practical way, how to beautify 
■the house with plants, vines, hanging baskets, and the many 
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and seeds; how to train them to make a greenery successful, 
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plants. Boston Globe. 
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range them in the mdst artistic ways for effect. The illustra¬ 
tions show how a few properly arranged plants at a window 
may be made to adorn a room, giving it a delightful summer 
aspect through the winter months. 
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Tile hook is designed for the use of window gardeners who 
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almost any hoc e. The Times (Philadelphia.) 
In his aid toward beautifying our homes, and the light he 
throws upon the means ofbeautifying them witli plants and 
flowers, Mr. Johnson is a public benefactor, and his efforts 
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It is a complete manual of Window Gardening, containing 
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“Winter Greeneries at Home,” by Edwin A. Johnson, D.D., 
is a little hook on Winter Gardening, designed to meet the 
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plants for the house. It gives about all the information 
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New York Evening Post. 
“ Winter Greeneriesat Homc,”by Edwin A. Johnson,D.D., 
is an admirable little work, containing practical instruc¬ 
tions, with illustrations for the cultivation of plants in the 
house. New York Daily Graphic. 
It is treated in a plain easy-to-hc-undcrstood style, more 
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and study it. Providence (II. I.) Press. 
It contains, in a small compass, a great deal of information 
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months, based on the experience of years. 
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House-Plans for Everybody, 
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The description of each design is singularly clear and con' 
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It is a book of over 210 pages, and contains plans, witli full 
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liis own home. It enables anyone to form an estimate of 
the quantity and value of material needed in any alteration, 
or any new edition, or any fresh structure from a complete 
house at $250 to the largest mansion. 
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It is complete in details, and its title indicates the charac¬ 
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laborer to the capitalist who designs building. It Is hand¬ 
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Beginning with the simplest structure to cost in all $250, it 
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dwellings, up to those involving an estimated expense of 
$S,000, witli many details which, although familiar enough to 
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Country Gentleman (Albany.) 
Forty different plans are given with their costs in detail. 
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pleasure and profit in its reading. It should he examined by 
every one proposing to build. Providence Press (R. I.) 
There are forty different designs, witli 175 illustrations, and 
full descriptions and estimates in detail of labor, materials, 
and cost. The hook contains many valuable hints for car¬ 
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Homestead (Springfield, Mass.) 
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proposing to build, as well as to tlie mechanic and contrac¬ 
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Bucks Co. Gazette. 
A good house should never bo commenced until after ma¬ 
ture, intelligent deliberation, assisted by all the information 
to be obtained. The want of a cheap, reliable work of ref¬ 
erence, for popular use in village and country, lias long been 
felt, hnt is now happily supplied in tlie work before us, hear¬ 
ing the title “ House Plans for Everybody,” and just pub¬ 
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man who contemplates building, this little hook will be 
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signs of village and country residences, costing from $250 to 
$8,000, including full descriptions and estimates in detail of 
materials and cost, labor, witli many practical suggestions, 
and 173 illustrations. Maine Farmer. 
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for all classes of people. The volume is handsomely print¬ 
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Hartford (Ct.) Conrant. 
If additional proof Wore needed that our popular fashions 
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characteristic style, based upon contemporary manners and 
customs, and upon our natural resources of material, this 
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in tlie Northern States, especially, plan and build the sim¬ 
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want of a more convenient term, we call “suburban villas." 
There is nothing in it from beginning to end, indicating that 
tlie author has ever indulged himself cither in the reproduc¬ 
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invention. ***** Tlie costs range from $250 to $8,000, and 
those architects who desire to know by wliat mysterious 
processes, carpenters arc aide to produce houses far within 
what seem to he the lowest limits of expense, will find in 
this hook much to enlighten them. 
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