editor's table. 
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2S& (tor’s Stable. 
NOTICES OF TIIE TRESS. 
Cottage Residences, or a Series qf Designs for Rural 
Cottages and Cottage Villas, and their Gardens and Grounds. 
Adapted to North Americaby A. J. Dozening.—We acknowl¬ 
edge the receipt of the above beautiful volume from the 
author, and can not bu.t express our unfeigned delight at 
the publication. We know of but few things which require 
a greater reform, than the buildings of the country gentle¬ 
men of these states. We do not mean by thisj that we are 
destitute of comfortable and handsome residences the coun¬ 
try over ; but what we mean to assert is, that they are too 
much on the same plan, so that when the traveller has 
seen a few towns in America, he has seen all. As a gen¬ 
eral rule, also, our architecture is too tawdry entirely, and 
comfort is not unfrequently sacrificed to show. Another 
great deficiency about it is, that if the plan of the house 
be a good one, it is generally marred by the appendages 
of kitchens, wood sheds, and other outbuildings , whereas, 
all these should be contained within the main building, 
and thus leave it surrounded by fine grounds, and present¬ 
ing a handsome front on every side. 
Mr. Downing has fortunately deviated from the general 
routine of American architecture, and has come out boldly 
in favor of the old English 5 and we know of few more 
beautiful designs, to our taste, than he has given in this 
elegant work. They are ten in number, each occupying 
a leaf by itself, and executed in the finest style. Aside 
from these, the body of the work is ilustratcd with SO very 
neat wood cuts. As an example of one of the most taste¬ 
ful of these cottages, and to show our estimation of the 
work in question, we have taken the liberty of nearly imi¬ 
tating that of the design of plate II. in our vignette—and a 
beautiful Gothic thing it is too. We like the author’s re¬ 
marks generally on architecture, the laying out of grounds, 
and the disposition of trees and shrubbery, and we bespeak 
for his publication the attention and favor of our country¬ 
men. In addition to the numerous engravings, it is got up 
in the very best style of the typographical art, in imperial 
octavo, 167 pages. Price $2 50. Wiley and Putnam, pub¬ 
lishers. 
Mr. Downing’s work on Landscape Gardening and Rural 
Architecture is entirely out of print, a large edition hav¬ 
ing been disposed of in two ye^irs ; and we have no doubt 
this last will be in as great demand. 
Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Ana- 
huac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory, 
by Thomas Farnham, Esq. —We are indebted to the author 
for a copy of the entertaining and instructive work above; 
and when received, it was our intention to have given co¬ 
pious extracts from it, regarding the natural productions 
and great capabilities of this far-ofi* section of our terri¬ 
tory ; especially since the recent movements making to¬ 
ward it, by considerable bands of hardy pioneers, who 
now propose examining the country, with a view of perma¬ 
nent settlement. Want of space, however, compels us to 
forbear till another month; and we can only add, that it is 
printed as an extra Tribune, 112 pages, double columns, 
octavo, and is sold at the low price of 25 cents. Greely 
and McElrath, Publishers. 
Ellsworth’s Report. The Improvements in Agricul¬ 
ture, the Arts, &c., in the United States ; being an account 
of recent and important discoveries and improvements in 
the mode of building houses, making fences, raising grain, 
making pork, disposing of hogs, making lard oil, raising 
silk, with engravings of improved plows and other agri¬ 
cultural implements, &c. By Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, Com¬ 
missioner of Patents.—This is another of those publica- 
cations from which w r e intended to have made extracts for 
the benefit of our readers, but can not at present; nor is it 
so necessary now, since the same publishers as above have 
issued it as an extra Tribune, for 25 cents. We trust that 
all who take the least interest in agriculture, will imme¬ 
diately possess this work, and peruse it for themselves. 
Few are doing more for the benefit of this great cause 
than Mr. Ellsworth; and we tender him our best thanks 
for his able and most excellent Report. 
The Mother’s Journal. —We are indebted to the fair 
authoress, Mrs. Eliza C. Allen, for the first four numbers 
of Vol. VIII. of this excellent little periodical. It is pub¬ 
lished monthly, at Utica, by Bennet, Bachus, & Hawley, 
at one dollar a year, in advance ; each number containing 
48 pages of double columns, Octavo, with a cover* It is 
got up in handsome style ; and we think, from a rapid 
glance over its contents, that it is particularly calculated 
to benefit those for whom it is especially intended. 
Leipiu’s Animal Chemistry. —The first edition of this 
profound work, printed as an extra New World, having 
been all sold, Mr. Winchester has now stereotyped it, 
and can hereafter supply any number of copies at 26 cents 
each. We are certain that the mere announcement of this 
fact to the public, will ensure for this cheap edition a large 
sale. 
The Zincali, or the Gipsies of Spain, by Rev. George 
Borrow, author of the Bible in Spain, is,now stereotyped as 
an extra New World. Price 25 cents. 
Another edition of the same u T ork m larger type, is 
issued by Saxton and Miles. Price 31 cents. It is one of 
the most curious and interesting publications of the day. 
The Encyclopedia of Geography, by Prof. Murray, 
assisted by several of the most eminent scientific men in 
England, is in course of republication in parts, at 25 cents 
each, by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. It is the best 
and most able work of the kind on this subject. It will 
contain 1,900 pages, 1,100 engravings, and over 80 maps, 
yet the whole cost will only be $6 complete. 
Prairie Farmer, devoted to Western Agriculture, Me¬ 
chanics, and Education , published at Chicago, Illinois, and 
edited by John S. Wright; 24 pages, double columns, 
royal octavo, monthly. Price one dollar a year, in ad¬ 
vance. This was late the Union Ag., and now appears 
in a much superior form, paper, and style of print; indeed, 
one of the handsomest agricultural periodicals of the day. 
It is edited with much spirit, and we hope that the western 
public will fully sustain the publishers in their enterprise; 
for every state wants and ought to support at least one 
good agricultural paper, to explain and show forth its pe¬ 
culiar system of farming. 
Will the editor please send us the January No. of the 
Prairie Farmer, as it has not come to hand. 
Johnson’s Encyclopedia of Agriculture. —This able 
English work is now republishing by Carey & Hart, Phil¬ 
adelphia, to be completed in 16 Nos., at 25 cents each, or 
$4 for the whole, which is only one third the price of the 
English edition. It is cut down and added to somewhat, 
by the American editor, to make it more suitable for the 
farmers of this country. Five Nos. are already issued, but 
we have not had time to look over them sufficiently, to 
decide as to the ability and judgment of the editor and his 
undertaking. The embellishments are much superior to 
the original work ; and we should think under any circum¬ 
stances, it was well worth the price at which it is offered. 
It should be in the library of every farmer, it being par¬ 
ticularly valuable as a work of reference. 
Southern Cultivator, published at Augusta, Georgia, 
by J. W. and W. S. Jones. 8 pages quarto, semi-monthly. 
Price $1 a year. This is a new agricultural paper, of 
which the first 4 Nos. are at hand. It is got up in pretty 
style, and deserves encouragement at the south. We wish, 
however, that we could see more articles in it on the pecu¬ 
liar crops of this section of our country, in preference to 
the selections from northern papers. We certainly feel 
highly complimented by such selections, and if we spoke 
only in reference to our own interests, would advise a repe¬ 
tition of them; but we do not, and therefore we say, give 
us southern and not northern articles for our reading. 
Though no longer interested, we are not the less obliged 
to the editors by the flattering notice they give of a cer¬ 
tain animal from these parts, recently shipped, Col. Bon¬ 
ner of White Plains. We are satisfied when got into 
condition, that he will prove all expected of him; or to say 
the least, his stock will. 
Meteorology, comprising a description of the atmo¬ 
sphere and its phenomena ; the laws of climate in general, 
and especially the climatic features peculiar to the region 
of the United States; with some remarks upon the climates 
of the ancient world, as based on fossil geology, by Samuel 
Forry, M. D., author of the “ Climate of the United States,” 
&c., with thirteen illustrations. This is another of those 
valuable works issued by J. Winchester, 30 Ann Street, as 
an extra New World. It contains 48 pages of fine double 
