editor’s table. 
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®Mtor’0 Stable. 
A Brief Compend of American Agriculture. 
—By. R. L. Allen. Saxton & Miles. Pp. 437, 12mo. 
Price $1. We announced this work as in press, in 
our August number, and now have the pleasure of 
adding that it has appeared, and is for sale at most of 
the book-stores. It is a condensed Encyclopaedia of 
Agriculture. The whole subject of soils, manures, 
crops, and animals, is treated in as full and compre¬ 
hensive a manner as the space will permit. The 
most prominent points are clearly yet succinctly 
stated, and all is expressed in a style at once concise, 
and readily comprehended. The author has been a 
practical farmer and stock-breeder, from boyhood, and 
consequently understands what he is writing about. 
He avoids all the fanciful theories of the present day, 
while he treats of the best practices of husbandry, 
based upon well authenticated principles, as developed 
and adopted by the most enlightened modern agricul¬ 
turists. The work treats fully of Southern as well as 
Northern agriculture, and will be found equally adapt¬ 
ed to any latitude of America. It is emphatically a 
work for the million, and should be in the hands of 
every farmer. It is neatly got up, and does the pub¬ 
lishers credit. 
Manual of Roses; Comprising the most com¬ 
plete History of the Rose, including every class, and 
all the most admirable varieties that have appeared in 
Europe and America; together with ample informa¬ 
tion on their culture and propagation.—By William 
Robert Prince, Proprietor of the Linnaean Botanic 
Garden and Nurseries, at Flushing, L. I. New York: 
Saxton & Miles. Pp. 262, 12mo. The author remarks 
in his preface, that “ During the last ten years the ac¬ 
quisitions made to the Family of Roses, have been so 
remarkable for their splendor, fragrance, and other 
qualities, that the public attention has been awakened 
to their culture in a degree almost unprecedented in 
the annals of Floriculture. This general regard has 
given rise to several publications on the subject, in 
France, England, Belgium, and America, and it has, at 
the same time, imparted an increased impetus to the 
culture of the ‘ Queen of Flowers.’ The most promi¬ 
nent of the publications referred to, is from the pen of 
Mr. T. Rivers, Jr., of England; and it has been the 
desire of the writer of the present little volume, to 
combine in its pages, every item of knowledge that is 
comprised in that estimable work, and to extract from 
every other source, whatever additional information 
was attainable; thus forming a concentration of all 
the information existing in Europe on this interesting 
subject, and presenting the toute ensemble of European 
attainment as the starting point for American ad¬ 
vancement, adding thereto whatever information was 
existent here in the present stage of the Rose Culture, 
and which has been derived more particularly from 
the labors and experience of his father and self, and 
some few others.” The subject the author has chosen 
is an interesting one, and as far as we are able to 
judge, the work will prove useful to amateurs and 
others engaged in floriculture. 
A Practical Treatise on Dyeing and Calico 
Printing; including the latest Inventions and Im¬ 
provements ; also, a Description of the Origin, Manu¬ 
facture, Uses, and Chemical Properties of the Various 
Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Substances employed 
in these Arts. With an Appendix, comprising Defini¬ 
tions of Chemical Terms; with Tables of Weights, 
Measures, Thermometers, Hydrometers, &c. By an 
experienced dyer, assisted by several scientific gen¬ 
tlemen. With Engravings on steel and wood. New 
York: Harper & Brothers. Pp. 704. 8vo. $3.50. 
1 e object of this work is to systematize and reduce 
the whole theory of dyeing, calico-printing, &c., to the 
utmost simplicity and accuracy. We have hitherto 
had no work of a purely practical character in these 
important arts In the present production, this is the 
leading idea of the author—himself many years a 
practical dyer; and from the vast accumulation of 
material which he has brought to his aid, it is believed 
more has been accomplished for the practical pur¬ 
poses of those engaged in these departments of com¬ 
merce than has ever before been attempted. In addi¬ 
tion to a prodigious variety of useful, new, and in¬ 
structive matter, the work comprises over six hundred 
original patents, or new inventions, principally of 
foreign origin, which alone must ever constitute the 
book, one of singular value and permanent utility. 
Portraits of the Presidents. —Philadelphia : 
C. S. Williams. Large folio. This work is well got 
up, in lithography, in the form of an Atlas, giving ac¬ 
curate portraits of all the Presidents of the United 
States, from the commencement of the Government 
down to the present Administration. For sale by 
Saxton & Miles, 205 Broadway, N. Y. Price $ 2 . 50 . 
European Agriculture.— By Henry Colman, 
from personal observation. We are in receipt of Part 
VII. of Vol. II. of this work. Draining, plowing, irri¬ 
gation, rotation of crops, soiling, &c., are the contents, 
and are well and practically treated. 
Pictorial History of England. —We have re¬ 
ceived No. 9 of this excellent work most beautifully 
illustrated. Harper & Brothers. Price 25 cents. To 
be finished in about 40 numbers. It is highly useful 
and agreeable reading. 
The Statesmen of the Commonwealth ; with 
a treatise on the Popular Progress in English History. 
By John Forster. Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street. 
Price 25 cents per number, to be completed in five 
numbers. This republication is embellished with 
portraits of distinguished persons figuring in the his¬ 
tory, and elucidated with valuable notes by the Rev. J. 
O. Choules. It is a work of great merit, and particu¬ 
larly commends itself to the American Reader, as it 
describes a series of events which had no little influ¬ 
ence in the early settlement of our country, and its 
subsequent career. Some of the actors in this history, 
like Sir Harry Vane, the Younger, were at one time 
residents, and held official stations in New England, 
and other American colonies. 
The New England Agricultural Almanac 
for 1847.—Published by F. Trowbridge, New Haven, 
Conn. This is prettily illustrated, and well filled 
with useful matter to the farmer. We can say the 
same of the American Cultivator’s Almanac, publish¬ 
ed by C. F. Crossman, Rochester, N. Y. 
Lectures to Women on Anatomy and Phy¬ 
siology, with an Appendix on Water Cure. By 
Mary S. Gove. Pp. 301. Price 50 cents. Harper & 
Brothers, 82 Cliff Street. This work should be care¬ 
fully read by every woman ; for nothing is more true 
than what the fair authoress asserts, that “ whoever 
shall convince mankind of the necessity and import¬ 
ance of the study of Anatomy and Physiology, and 
those laws which govern life and health, will do more 
toward promoting the general good and happiness of 
our species, than he would if he gave us priceless 
gems, and gold without measure.” 
Long Island Horticultural Society Show. 
—This came off on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of Sep¬ 
tember, in Flushing. We understand there was a 
good display of fruits and flowers. Owing to impera¬ 
tive engagements elsewhere, we were deprived of the 
pleasure of attending it. 
Something of a Squash. —The Batavia Times 
has sen a squash, grown in the garden of J. A. Clark, 
of that village, which measures six feet and six 
inches in circumference, and weighs 150 1-2 pounds. 
