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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
DON’T FAIL 
TO HAVE A LIBRARY, 
GOOD BOOKS 
For Farmers’ Libraries, 
In response to a request made of one whose thorough and 
practical knowledge on all matters pertaining to the Farm, 
Garden, and Household is so fully conceded that his opin¬ 
ions could not fail to secure attention and command respect 
were we permitted to give his name, we have received the 
following as his judgment concerning some of the works on 
our Catalogue of Books for Farmers. 
Any of these Books will he forwarded, post-paid, to any 
address in the United States or Territories, on receipt of the 
price, by Orange Judd Company, 215 Broadway, New York. 
For a Farmer’s Library. 
How Crops Grow, 
(price $2.00), and 
How Crops Feed, 
(price $2.00.) 
By Prof. Sam'l W. Johnson. 
Farm Implements 
and Machinery. 
By John J. Thomas. 
Price $1.50. 
The New American 
Farm Book. 
By R. L. and L. F. Allen. 
Price $2.50. 
American Weeds and 
Useful Plants. 
By Dr. Wm. Darlington. 
Price $1.75. 
Country and Suburb¬ 
an Homes. 
By D. T. Atwood. 
Price $1.50. 
The Fruit Garden. 
By P. Barry. Price $2.50. 
Gardening for Profit. 
By Peter Henderson. 
Price $1.50. 
Gardening for the 
South. 
By WM. N. White. 
Price $2.00. 
The New Book of 
Flowers. 
By Joseph Breck. 
Price $1.75. 
If I could have but two 
books in such a library it 
would be these, as I con¬ 
sider them the most import¬ 
ant contributions to agri¬ 
cultural literature of mod¬ 
ern times. They contain 
all of vegetable physiology 
and agricultural chemistry 
that any except special stu¬ 
dents need, and nowhere is 
there so much of agricul¬ 
ture condensed in so small 
a space. As works of refer¬ 
ence they are indispensable. 
Most farming operations 
are accomplished by force, 
applied through imple¬ 
ments and machines, and a 
farmer should understand 
mechanics, at least suffi¬ 
ciently to apply force most 
economically. In this work 
the fundamental principles 
are clearly taught, and their 
application illustrated. 
This is the best American 
work upon general farm 
management. It treats of 
the leading crops, build¬ 
ings, draining, etc., and in¬ 
cludes sufficient about ani¬ 
mals of different kinds to 
meet the wants of most 
farmers. 
For the farmer who 
wishes to know something 
about the weeds upon his 
farm, as well as useful cul¬ 
tivated and wild plants, 
this will answer better than 
a general treatise on botany. 
Such a library should have 
some work on domestic ar¬ 
chitecture. Most works 
upon the subject are costly 
on account of the designs. 
This is one of the best 
works, at a moderate price, 
and contains, with other 
matter, the method of build¬ 
ing with concrete. 
After the farm crops, fruit 
is of the most importance. 
No work covers the whole 
subject so completely as 
this. 
Farms near cities often 
make more from garden 
crops than from farm crops. 
This is the best work on 
market gardening, and will 
serve for the family garden 
also. 
An excellent garden book, 
and in the libraries for 
Southern farmers might be 
substituted for Hender¬ 
son’s, but it would be well 
' to have both. 
I do not know of any 
book upon out-door flower 
gardening that on the 
whole is so good as this. 
Its teachings are sound, and 
style pleasing. 
Mysteries of Bee- 
Keeping. 
By M. Quinby. Price $1.50. 
Practical Poultry- 
Keeper. 
By L. Wright. Price $2.00. 
The Pig. 
By Joseph Harris. 
Price $1.50. 
Draining for Profit. 
By Geo. E. Waring, Jr. 
Price $1.50. 
Dairy Husbandry. 
By X. A. Willard. 
Price $3.00. 
Tim Bunker Papers. 
Price $1.50. 
Bees, Poultry, and Pigs 
are often made subjects of 
especial care by small far¬ 
mers, and separate treatises 
on these are more likely to 
be asked for in a library 
like this than those upon 
the larger animals. Each 
of these is the best in its 
line. 
So in farm operations, 
those of Draining and Dai¬ 
rying, especially the factory 
system, are not likely to be 
treated sufficiently in detail 
in general works. 
As all the other works are 
matters of fact, it may be 
well to have a little pleas¬ 
antry. This conveys much 
sound teaching on rural 
economy In a quaint style, 
and It is sometimes policy 
to sugar-coat your pill. 
Books for a Larger Library. 
Besides all the works in the foregoing list, I would add 
the following: 
American Cattle. L. F. Allen. $2.50. 
Randall’s Slieep Husbandry. $1.50. 
Hints to Horse Keepers. H. W. Herbert. $1.75. 
American Cattle Doctor. G. II. Dadd. $1.50. 
Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 
Dr. Harris. $4.00. 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 
Downing. $5.00. 
Cranberry Culture. J. J. White. $1.25. 
Grape Culturist. A. S. Fuller. $1.50. (For the 
West would substitute Husmann’s Grapes and Wine. 
$1.50.) 
Grasses and Forage Plants. 
C. L. Flint. $2.50. 
Forest Trees. Arthur Bryant. $1.50. 
Landscape Gardening. Kemp. $2.50. 
Hops. 40 cts. Flax. 50 cts. Tobacco. 25 cts. 
Onion. 20 cts. Essays. 
ISoussingault’s Rural Economy. $1.00. 
Play and Profit in My Garden. Koe. $1.50. 
Window Gardening. Williams. $1.50. 
Books for a Still Larger Library. 
In addition to those mentioned in the other two lists, I 
would name the following. 
Animals and Plants under Domestica¬ 
tion. 2vols. Chas. Darwin. $0. (Thisnot suggest¬ 
ed for its doctrine, but as a useful work of reference.) 
Hussey’s National Cottage Architecture. $0. 
Landscape Gardening. Downing. $0.50. 
Tlie Vegetables of America. F. Burr. $5. 
The Pools of Evergreens. J. Hoopes. $3. 
Trout Culture. Dr. Slack. $1.50. 
Farm Gardenias" & Seed Growing. Brill. $1. 
Tine Dog. Dinks, Mayiiew & Hutchinson. $3. 
Yfliing Sportsman’s Manual. Forrester. $3. 
Hunter and Trapper. II. Thrasher. $1. 
Tlie Market Assistant. Devoe. $2.50. 
Hedges and Evergreens. Warder. $1.50. 
Pear Culture. P. T. Quinn. $1. 
Money in the Garden. Quinn. $1.50. 
How Plants Grow. Gray. $1.25. 
How Plants Behave. Gray. 75 cts. 
Illustrated Horse Doctor. Mathew. $3. 
Peach Culture. Fulton. $1.50. 
Barns, Out-Buildings A Fences. Harney. $6. 
Cottages and Farm Houses. Woodward. $1.50. 
Country Homes. Woodward. $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
A Man of Honor. 
By GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON. 
Finely Illustrated. 
The publishers take pleasure in commending this as 
one of the most charming stories that has been presented 
to the American people. Mr. Eggleston has given to it, 
with rare fidelity, the local coloring of the part of the 
country where its scenes are laid. It is a realistic story 
of life in the Old Dominion. Its people are ladies and 
gentlemen. ItobertPagebrook, the “Man of Honor,” is 
every inch a man, and his sayings and doings at once at¬ 
tract and hold the reader’s attentive interest. It is a 
love-story, too, and has the merit, which is not as com¬ 
mon as it might he nowadays, of ending to the reader’s 
entire satisfaction. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
A capital picture of Life in Old Virginia before the war is 
to be found in Mr. George Cary Eggleston’s "A Man of 
Honor.” Virginian hospitality, Virginian cousinship, Vir¬ 
ginian housekeeping, are portrayed in accurate and attract¬ 
ive colors. It is a life which the author has himself known 
and loved, and he writes of it with a warmth that comes 
from the heart.—A. Y. Evening Post. 
Really readable in the most refreshing sense of the term— 
a story of the most amusing and attractive interest.— St. 
Louis Times. 
It is written in an off-hand manner, and is bright and 
amusing.— Worcester, (Mass.) Spy. 
With Virginian life as a specialty, Mr. Eggleston has drawn 
a simple, straightforward, truthful, and withal, artistic pic¬ 
ture of Southern society. It is sketchy, perhaps too much 
so, but the sketches are ail vigorous and show the hand of a 
practiced artist. In forming tlie characters of his book it is 
evident that Mr. Eggleston lias drawn oftener on his memory 
than on his imagination; that he has lived among the people 
whom he describes, has heard them talk, and seen them 
under all tlie moods of ordinary life .—Boston Daily Adver¬ 
tiser. 
CONTENTS. 
Chapter 1. Mr. Pagebrook gets up and calls an Ancient 
Lawgiver.—2. Mr. Pagebrook is Invited to Break¬ 
fast.—3. Mr. Pagebrook Eats his Breakfast.—4. Mr. 
Pagebrook Learns Something about the Customs of 
the Country.—5. Mr. Pagebrook Makes some Acquain¬ 
tances.- 6. Mr. Pagebrook Makes a Good Impression. 
—7. Mr. Pagebrook Learns Several Things—8. Miss 
Sudie Makes an Apt Quotation.—9. Mr. Pagebrook Meets 
an Acquaintance.—10. Chiefly Concerning “Foggy.”— 
11. Mr. Pagebrook Rides.—12. Mr. Pagebrook Dines 
with bis Cousin Sarah Ann.—13. Concerning the Rivu¬ 
lets of Blue Blood.—14. Mr. Pagebrook Manages to 
be in at the Death.—15. Some very Unreasonable 
Conduct.—16. What Occurred Next Morning.—17. In 
which Mr. Pagebrook Bids bis Friends Good-by.—18. 
Mr. Pagebrook Goes to Work.—19. A Short Chapter, 
not very Interesting, perhaps, but of some Importance 
in the Story, as the Reader will probably Discover after 
awhile.—20. Cousin Sarah Ann Takes Robert's Part. 
—21. Miss Barksdale Expresses some Opinions.—22. 
Mr. Sharp Does his Duty.—23. Mr. Pagebrook Takes 
a Lesson in the Law.—24. Mr. Pagebrook Cuts Himself 
Loose from the Past and Plans a Future.—25. In which 
Miss Sudie Acts very Unreasonably.— 26. In which Miss 
Sudie adopts tlie Socratic Method.—27. Mr. Pagebrook 
Accepts an Invitation to Lunch and Another Invitation. 
28. Major Pagebrook Asserts Himself.—29. Mr. Barksdale 
the Younger goes upon a Journey.—30. Tlie Younger 
Mr. Barksdale Asks to be Put upon bis Oath.—31. Mr. 
William Barksdale Explains.—32. Which is also the 
Last. 
ILLUSTRATIONS.— By M. Woolf. 
“Now I’ve Got Yon ” (Frontispiece).—Mr. Robert 
Pagebrook was “ Blue.”—“ I Fall at Once into a Chronic 
State of Washing np Things.”—” Foggy.’’-Cousin 
Sarah Ann.—The Rivulets of Blue Blood.—Miss Sudie 
Declares Herself “ so Glad.”—“ Let Him Serve it at Once, 
Then.”—" Very Well, Then.”—“I’m as Proud and as 
Glad as a Boy with Red Morocco Tops to his Boots.” 
PRICE, POST-PAID.$1.25 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadwat New Yore. 
