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EDITOR’S TABLE. 
(Suitor 0 Sable. 
Domestic Animals.— History and Description of 
the Horse, Mule, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry and 
Farm-Dogs, with Directions for their Management, 
Breeding, Crossing, Rearing, Feeding, and Preparation 
for a Profitable Market; also, their Diseases and 
Remedies, with Full Directions for the Management of 
the Dairy. By R. L. Allen. New York: C. M. Sax¬ 
ton, 205 Broadway. 12mo. Price in numbers,' 75 cts. 
with paper covers 50 cents. The title of this work 
speaks for itself. All we can with propriety say, is, 
the design of the author is fully carried out, and it is 
our candid opinion that no book has ever been issued 
from the American press more useful to the farmer 
or conveys so much truly practical information on 
the subjects of which it treats. The prices are suffi¬ 
ciently low to insure its circulation throughout the land. 
Harper’s Illustrated Catalogue of Valuable 
Standard Works, with Numerous Engravings. New 
York: Harper & Brothers, pp. 160, 8vo. To librari¬ 
ans connected with colleges, district schools, &c., as 
well as individuals who may not have access to any 
reliable guide in forming a true estimate of literary 
productions, it is believed the present catalogue will 
prove particularly useful. It embraces the most exten¬ 
sive collection ever published in this country by one 
house, and with few'exceptions in Europe, presenting 
a series of works occupying a very wide range of lite¬ 
rature, the selection of which has been governed by a 
rigid critical taste, and the prices exceeding low. 
Copies of the catalogue may be had by personal ap¬ 
plication to the publishers, or by letters post paid. 
The Rose; Its History, Poetry, Culture and Classifi¬ 
cation, by S. B. Parsons. New York: Wiley & Put¬ 
nam, pp. 280, royal octavo with Colored Engravings. 
Price $2.00. This work will meet a welcome reception 
from the admirers of the Rose. The author’s connec¬ 
tion with a large nursery establishment has given him 
familiarity with his subject, and his remarks on culture 
and classification are founded upon observation and 
experience. The historical department is full of inter¬ 
esting facts and anecdotes, and that of poetry is quite a 
collection of gems from the most classic authors. On 
the last department we notice two or three original con¬ 
tributions from the author’s own pen, wdiich are highly 
creditable to his poetic talents. The publishers have 
done their part well in getting it up. The paper, type, 
and binding are suitable to the subject, and altogether, 
form a handsome book. Its history commends it to the 
general reader; its poetry to the ladies; its botanical 
classification to the botanist; and its culture and gar¬ 
den classification to the cultivator. We shall be greatly 
disappointed if this elegant work does not have a large 
sale. It would be an appropriate Christmas or New 
Year’s gift. 
Peaches and Silk Cocoons in Louisiana. —We 
observe by one of the Louisiana papers, that the Rev. 
A. W. Poole, of Woodland, East Feliciana, besides at¬ 
tending to divinity and literature, is quite successful 
as an amateur agriculturist. The editor says, on 
Monday last we saw a fine specimen of peaches of his 
culture, and cocoons which show that the experiment 
of raising them in this State is no longer a matter of 
doubt or uncertainty. 
The Culture of the Grape. —By J. Fisk Allen, 
Embracing Directions for the Treatment of the Vine, 
in the Northern States of America, in the open air and 
under glass-structures, with and without artificial heat, 
pp. 55 octavo. Price 63 cents. The author of this 
publication resides in Salem, Massachusetts, being one 
of the most successful grape-culturists in the United 
States. He is enabled to write from his own experience, 
and in the above valuable little work, has given the 
vine-grower exactly such information as he is most 
in need of. We wish in another edition he would treat 
of the field-culture of the grape as fully as he has of that 
under glass, and to this he might add the best method 
of making wine. Most of the works heretofore published 
on this subject in this country are of foreign origin, and 
therefore not exactly suited to our climate and situation. 
What we want are American works from American 
experience. 
Webster s American Dictionary of the English 
Language; Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pro¬ 
nunciation, and Definitions of Words. Abridged from 
the Quarto Edition of the Author. To which are added 
a Synopsis of Words differently pronounced by differ¬ 
ent Orthoepists; and Walker’s Key to the Classical 
Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper 
Names. A New Edition^ Revised and Enlarged by 
Chauncey Goodrich, Professor in Yale College. With 
the Addition of a Vocabulary of Modern Geographical 
Names and their Pronunciation. Ne w York: Harper 
and Brothers, large 8vo. Sheep extra. Price $3.50. 
It is universally admitted, both in Europe and in this 
country, that Webster’s Dictionary ofthe English Lan¬ 
guage is the best and the most perfect w T ork of the kind 
ever published. The deep learning, profound research, 
and persevering industry of the author are too well 
known by all of his countrymen to require further com¬ 
ment here. 
This last edition by Professor Goodrich, has been en¬ 
tirely stereotyped anew, and is now beautifully reprint¬ 
ed in close type, upon large pages with double columns, 
from perfect plates. Several thousand additional 
words have been incorporated with copious synonymes 
now for the first time introduced into this work, em¬ 
bracing all the terms given in the new edition in the 
quarto form; and the utmost pains have been taken to 
render every definition full, clear, and commensurate 
with the progress of the language and age in which we 
live. As its title imports, it is truly an American Dic¬ 
tionary, containing most if not all of our provincial 
words from North to South, and before any other work 
of the kind it should be placed in the hands of every 
farmer’s daughter and son; nor have we any hesita¬ 
tion in saying that, from its low price and convenient 
form, it will not only be introduced into all the higher 
schools and colleges in the country, but be the constant 
companion at the desk and fireside of every student in 
the Union. 
The Castor-Bean. —A friend who has some statis¬ 
tical information with respect to the production of the 
castor-bean, and the manufacture of the oil, handed us 
a few days since, the following calculation, which we 
cheerfully publish, trusting that the farmers of our 
vicinity will look to the enterprise and test its effi¬ 
ciency. 
Say 40 farmers plant 20 acres each; 800 acres at 
35 bushels per acre, would yield 28,000 bushels; 
28,000 bushels at 50 cents per bushel would amount 
to..... $14,000 
1,225 barrels, cost $1 each,. 1,225 
Freight to N. Y. at $1.50 per barrel,. 1,838 
Charge for insurance, &c., &c., $1 perbb!., 1,225 
Two hands to make oil, say,. 512 
Total of expenses,...$18,800 
28,000 bushels beans will yield 1| gallons 
oil per bushel. 49,000 gallons in all—at 60 
cents per gallon. $29,400 
Deduct expenses, $18,000, and the 40 farmers, with 
20 acres >each, would realize the handsome profit of 
$10,600. This may be considered figure work, and 
an easy way to speculate on paper; but we hope the 
experiment will be tried by our enterprising neigh¬ 
bors. There is too much hemp raised .—Lexington 
{Mo.) Express. 
