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NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 
The Pomological Magazine. —We have received the 
first No. of this work, which is to be issued bi-monthly ; 
six numbers a year, with lithographs of fruit after nature ; 
containing descriptions of the same ; making 20 pages in 
each number. It is edited by Charles W. Elliott, and pub¬ 
lished by U. P. James, of Cincinnati. Price $2 a year. 
We have the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with the 
editor, and know him to be a man of ability, and apracti- 
. cal 'horticulturist. We have no doubt he will make a good 
and useful work of his Magazine ; and we wish him every 
success in his enterprise, for it is a publication much 
needed at the west. There are six embellishments in No. 
1, for June, viz.: The Beurre D’Arembey Pear, the 
Washington Plum, the Baldwin Apple, the Elton Cherry, 
the Detroit Apple, and the Grape. The work is octavo, 
and very handsomely got up. 
The Rabbit Fancier, containing full instructions for 
the management of a Rabbittary; with hints on experi¬ 
mental breeding, &c., by George Rowden. Printed by 
Henry F. Middleton, Shelbyville, Ky. Price 12£ cents. 
This is a neat little octavo pamphlet of 16 pages, and 
contains some curious matter on the different varieties and 
breeding of rabbits. The writer seems to prefer the Span¬ 
ish rabbit, more generally called the Fancy Lop-ear, as 
not only more beautifully marked, but at least twice as 
large as the common English domestic rabbit, and its flesh 
is considered almost equal to the English hare. We once 
kept a few of them, and liked them very much ; but they 
unfortunately fell a prey to our terrier dogs, and we never 
had the heart afterward to renew the breed. They some¬ 
times bring 20 guineas ($100) each, in England. Breed¬ 
ing them is frequently quite profitable. Mr. Rowden 
gives the net profits of one establishment as upward of 
$3,000. We stated in our April No., that a farmer in 
Ringmer had sent 7,000 rabbits to the London market in 
one "year. Whether Mr. R. got this fact from us or not 
we don’t know. We can only say, as we have now given 
him a handsome notice, we wish he would send a pair of 
his best, next October, to one of our correspondents, Dr. 
M. W. Philips, of Miss., who will give him an equivalent 
by another in the Southwestern Farmer. His price is $5 
per pair for young rabbits, and $10 for old ones. 
The American Farmer, published at Baltimore, by 
Samuel Sands, of large quarto form, and containing eight 
pages weekly, at $2 50 a year. This excellent and spir¬ 
ited work commenced a new volume in May, and we are 
glad to see it in an improved style. The American Far¬ 
mer, we believe, is the oldest agricultural paper in the 
United States. It was first commenced by J. S. Skinner, 
Esq., and was the earliest periodical on the subject of 
farming that we read. We nave ever been indebted to it 
for much instruction and amusement, and we are certain 
that its contents have had a decided influence in forming 
our tastes and predilections. May it continue to flourish 
and be well supported for a thousand years. 
Brook Farm Institute, at West Roxbury, Mass. We 
have been sent a circular of this Institution, in which we 
see announced, as connected with it, a department for in¬ 
struction in theoretical and practical agriculture, in which 
pupils are permitted to defray a part of their exjienses by 
their labor. 
The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay. —This is 
neither a political nor a party work, but one of decided na¬ 
tionality; and as the distinguished subject has long been, and 
still is, one of our most eminent farmers and stock breed¬ 
ers, and as we are recently from a visit to his beautiful es¬ 
tate at Ashland, Ky., we have perused it perhaps with the 
more interest. It is issued from the Tribune press, by 
Greeley & McElrath, in two handsome octavo volumes, 
of nearly 1,100 pages, embellished by an elegant portrait 
of Mr. Clay, from an original painting by Linen ; a view 
of his birthplace, a charming cottage in the Slashes of 
Hanover; and an engraved fac-similie of a letter from 
him. The memoir is from the fluent pen of Henry J. Ray¬ 
mond, Esq., and is written with perspicuity, force, and 
elegance. The arrangement of the speeches is by Mr. 
James B. Swain; and altogether it is the best edition of 
the surpassing eloquence of Mr. Clay that has yet been 
published. This superb work is afforded at the very low 
price of $1. It ought to be in every library in the United 
States. 
From the same publishers, Messrs. Greeley & McElrath, 
we have the 
American Laborer, devoted to the cause of Protection 
to Home Industry, embracing the Arguments, Reports, 
and Speeches of the ablest civilians of the United States 
in favor of the Policy of Protection to American Labor, 
with the statistics of Production in the United States, &c., 
&c. 384 pages, double columns, octavo. Price $1. 
Principles of Political Economy, by William Atkin¬ 
son, with an introduction by Horace Greeley. 
Chemistry of the Four Ancient Elements, Fire, Air, 
Earth, and Water, by Thomas Griffiths ; also the Book of 
Philosophical Experiments, by J. S. Dalton, with nu¬ 
merous engravings, and upward of Three Hundred Exper¬ 
iments. 
Sketch of the Progress of Physical Science, by 
Thomas Thomson; also a course of Lectures on Astron¬ 
omy , &c., by Dionysius Lardner. 
A Memoir on Ireland, Native and Saxon, by Daniel 
O’Connell, M. P. , with a portrait. 
Improvements in Agriculture, Arts, &c., of the 
United States, by Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, U. S. Com¬ 
missioner of Patents ; to which is added a Treatise on 
Raising Sitine , and the best method of Fattening Pork, 
by Henry Colman ; also A Treatise on Geology , as con¬ 
nected with Agriculture, by Willis Gaylord. 
The last five works comprise from 80 to 96 pages, double 
columns, each; handsomely printed in octavo form, and 
are sold at the very low price of 25 cents. They are all 
admirable books of their kind, and are emphatically what 
their enterprising publishers term them, “ Useful Works 
for the People.” 
The Orator’s Ladder, in three parts ; the Moral and 
Temperance Table Book ; the Young Scholar's Table Book. 
These are excellent little school books, published in a neat 
form and at a cheap price, by Nafis & Cornish, 278 
Pearl street. 
The Mississippi Valley Farmer, is anew periodical, 
just issued from the press of A. W. Scharit, St. Louis, 
Mo., edited by J. Libby. Its form is royal octavo, double 
columns, 16 pages monthly. Price $1 a year. It is got 
up in pretty style, with wood cuts, and the first No. gives 
promise of being conducted with an average share of 
ability. 
Chronicles of Sir John Froissart, of England , 
France. Spain, and the Adjoining Countries. We think the 
public will feel particularly obliged to Mr. Winchester for 
the republication of this most rare, valuable, and singu¬ 
larly interesting work. These Chronicles were the inspira¬ 
tion of Sir Walter Scott and his romances, and have ever 
been the delight of all ages and classes since written. They 
are elegantly reprinted at the New World press, on extra 
superfine white paper, and splendidly illustrated with over 
120 engravings, at a cost of $1,000; representing the 
scenes, costumes, sieges, battles, naval engagements, and 
tournaments of the middle ages. Cost of the English edi¬ 
tion, $12 ; New World edition, only $2. In turning over 
these Chronicles, we have been quite interested by country 
scenes, which if not farming, is akin to it. Sir John men¬ 
tions several famines, and great suffering in consequence 
of them; which would undoubtedly have been prevented, 
had the nations of Europe then possessed their present 
superior modes of agriculture. 
The Encyclopedia of Murray’s Geography. —Part 
10 of this sterling republication by Lea & Blanchard is 
just issued. It finishes Germany, and enters upon Poland 
and Russia. Price 25 cents. For sale by C. S. Francis 
& Co., 252 Broadway. 
To Correspondents. —J. J. McCauglian. We shall 
publish another article on Tussac Grass, in our August No., 
from the pen of Lieut. Governor Moody, of the Falkland 
Islands. 
T. A.’s report of Fair at Fayette will appear in our next. 
Americus, No. 4, Dr. Philips* and several other corres¬ 
pondents are received and will appear hereafter. Some 
of these are in type, but unavoidably deferred till Aug. No. 
J. R. The Twenty Dollars are received, and all mat 
ters ordered will be attended to. 
