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editors’ table. 
(Editors* liable. 
Excursion on Long Island. —A few days since, we 
visited Lakeland, on Long Island, and were highly 
gratified with the successful experiments in improving 
the wild lands in that neighborhood, and with the flour¬ 
ishing condition of all the crops on the route. In a fu¬ 
ture number, we shall recur to this subject again. 
Lossing’s Field Book of the Revolution. —Another 
number of this very interesting, and to all Americans, 
highly-entertaining work, has been issued by the en¬ 
terprising publishers, which is fully equal to those of 
the preceding volume. 
The Quadrupeds of North America ; by Messrs. 
Audubon & Bachman. The tenth and eleventh num¬ 
bers of this valuable description of American Fauna is 
before us. They fully equal, if they do not surpass any 
of the preceding numbers. They contain a lengthened 
description of the beaver, that most interesting of all 
the aquatic quadrupeds. They also treat of the badger, 
two species of marmots, and the Douglass squirrel, 
(about 20 distinct American species of these variegated 
lively little animals having been previously described,) 
the Canada otter, the swift fox, and the Texan skunk. 
Harper’s New-York &Erie Railroad Guide Book, 
containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, 
villages, and most important works on the road, with 
136 engravings by Lossing & Barritt, from original 
sketches made expressly for this work, by fm. Mac¬ 
Leod. If the above title had added what a simple act of 
justice demanded, that the literary portion of the work 
was also got up by Mr. Mac Leod, it would have been 
only a simple act of justice to the author. The public is 
really indebted to Mr. M. for much pleasing and useful 
information, historical, statistical and descriptive, all of 
which is handsomely illustrated by his original sketches. 
Sand Paper and Emery Paper. —Every farmer uses 
more or less sand paper; it is consequently important 
to obtain it of the best quality. E. Blanchard & Co., of 
New York, have recently commenced manufacturing the 
“ Excelsior Sand Paper,” which we find far superior to 
any we have before tried. We have a large machine 
shop, where we employ over 100 men in the manufac¬ 
ture of plows and other agricultural implements; and 
our mechanics, after trying all the best kinds of sand 
paper, give the preference to the Excelsior. The pro¬ 
cess by which it is manufactured is entirely new; the 
sand is of a superior grit, is laid on even, and does 
not shell off as is common with other kinds, but it ad¬ 
heres firmly to the paper till gradually worn away. 
The emery paper , manufactured by the same estab¬ 
lishment, is equally superior. 
A History of Greece, from the Earliest Times to 
the Destruction of Corinth, B. C., 146 ; mainly based 
upon that of Connope Thinvall, D. D., Bishop of St. 
David’s. By Dr. Leonhard Schmitz. New York: 
Harpers, pp. 544; 12mo. Also, by the same publishers. 
A History of Rome, from the Earliest Times to the 
Death of Commodus, A. D. 192. By Dr. Leonhard 
Schmitz; pp. 510, to which is appended a series of 
questions to the same, by John Robson. Notwith¬ 
standing the extraordinary efforts which have been made 
within the last half century in investigating the his¬ 
tory of these two countries, their constitutions, laws, 
religion, literature, and social condition, Dr. Schmitz, 
the author of these volumes, has corrected many er¬ 
rors, or misconceptions, of other writers on these his¬ 
tories, and has presented the subject in a clearer light 
than has hitherto been done by any one previous. 
Both of these works are decidedly the best we have 
seen, and should be introduced into every private and 
public library, as well as into our colleges and schools. 
The Book of the Farm, detailing the labor of the 
Steward, Plowman, Hedger, Cattleman, Shepherd, 
Field Worker, and Dairymaid. By Henry Stephens, 
with 450 illustrations, to which are added explanatory 
notes, remarks, &c., by John S. Skinner—2 vols.; C. 
M. Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher, No. 152 Fulton 
street, New York. These volumes, containing more than 
1,100 pages of matter of the highest utility to the farm¬ 
er, are now offered to the American public. They de¬ 
tail the latest and best methods of English farming, as 
will be readily seen by the title; yet, as we get many of 
our most valuable agricultural improvements from that 
country, it is always safe, and frequently advantageous, 
to take their system for our guide in the United States. 
The instruction conveyed in this work is more ample 
and complete than any that has appeared since the 
voluminous and expensive publication of Loudon’s En¬ 
cyclopedia, being much more full and elaborate than 
Low’s valuable work on the same subject, and bringing 
the improvements in the practice of agriculture, down 
to the present moment. Besides the ordinary wood cuts, 
we observe several highly-finished steel plates, illus¬ 
trating plans of buildings, plows, machinery, cattle, &c., 
which add much to the value of these volumes. We 
trust this interesting and instructive work will have an 
extensive sale among American farmers. 
Recognition of Voice Between the Ewe and the 
Lamb. —The acuteness of the sheep’s ear surpasses all 
things in nature that I know of. A ew r e will distinguish 
her own lamb’s bleat among a thousand, all bleating at 
the same time. Besides, the distinguishment of voice 
is perfectly reciprocal between the ewe and the lamb, 
who, amid the deafening sound, run to meet one anoth¬ 
er. There are few things that have ever amused me 
more than a sheep-shearing, and then the sport contin¬ 
ues the whole day. We put the flock into a fold, set 
out all the lambs to the hill, and then set out the ewes 
to them as they are shorn. The moment that a lamb 
hears its dam’s voice, it rushes from the crowd to meet 
her; but, instead of finding the rough, well-clad com¬ 
fortable mama which it left an hour, or a few hours ago, 
it meets a poor, naked, shrivelling, a most deplorable- 
looking creature. It wheels about, and uttering a loud, 
tremulous bleat of perfect despair, flies from the fright¬ 
ful vision. The mother’s voice arrests its flight, it re¬ 
turns, flies, and returns again, generally for ten or a 
dozen times before the reconcilement is fairly made 
up .—Lay Sermons, by the Ettrick Shepherd. 
