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THE CULTIVATOR. 
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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Rural Architecture; being a complete description of Farm 
Houses, Cottages, and Out-buildings, comprising Wood-houses, 
Workshops, Tool-houses, Carriage and Wagon-houses, Stables, 
Smoke and Ash-houses, Ice-houses, Apiary or Bee-house, Poul¬ 
try Houses, Rabbitry, Dovecote, Piggery, Barns and Sheds for 
Cattle, Ac.; together with Lawns, Pleasure Grounds and Parks; 
the Flower, Fruit, and Vegetable Garden. Also, Useful and Orna¬ 
mental Domestic Animals for the Country Resident, Ac. Ac. Ac. 
By Lewis F. Allen. C. M. Saxton: New-York. 
This work is designed to afford suggestions and furnish 
models to the farmer at every step of progress, from the 
selection of a site for building, till the dwelling is com¬ 
pleted, the out-buildings erected, the grounds laid out, 
the shrubbery planted, the farm stocked, and the entire 
fixtures of a homestead are ready for the occupant. 
This is a great deal for one man to undertake in the 
compass of a book of 384.12 mo. pages; but the author 
has gone through the whole catalogue quite masterly, 
thinking, talking, recommending and criticising in his 
own style. He has followed the teachings of no master- 
builder, adopted no order of architecture, but in a sort 
of sui generic way been guided by a taste, formed by 
close observation of the prominent wants of the farmer, 
rather than the study of architectural rules. Most of the 
designs for farm-houses strike the eye favorably, their 
expression being rather that of convenience and repose, 
than of gaudy show or artistic effect. The spirit in which 
the book is written, is eminently calculated to recom¬ 
mend it to an extensive circulation. It cannot fail to 
exert a good influence wherever it is read, to improve 
the taste, and give the farmer and general reader many 
timely and valuable hints. 
History of the United States of America. Written in accord¬ 
ance with the principles of peace. By M. Murray. B. B. Mus- 
sey A Co. 441 pages. 
This neat volume comprises the history of the country 
from the discovery of Columbus till the close of the 
Mexican war. The authoress, a highly esteemed mem¬ 
ber of the Society of Friends, while evincing strong feel¬ 
ings of patriotism and much attachment to political liber¬ 
ty, has adopted as a leading principle that the value of 
history depends on its strict impartiality and truthful 
coloring, without regard to national pride or national 
prejudice; and that the promptings of true patriotism 
will seek, not the concealment, but cure of national de¬ 
fects. This intention appears to be carried out with much 
candor as well as ability. However views maj’ - differ on 
the subject of war, we are confident that it will be gene¬ 
rally conceded that most of our histories exhibit altogether 
too much of its glitter, with very little of its real mise¬ 
ries or enormous cost. Believing, as we always have 
done, that agriculture and rural improvement are espe¬ 
cially the great arts of peace, and can never flourish in 
the midst of the storms of war, we cannot but hail with 
pleasure this attempt to promote in the rising generation 
the feelings of the superior patriotism of peace and justice. 
Harpers’ New Monthly Magazine. Harper A Brothers: New- 
York. 
This publication has met with a reception altogether 
unprecedented. The publishers have recently purchased 
‘‘The International,” and if the union of the two 
combine the talent and excellencies of both, we shall 
have a periodical, American in its character, elevating in 
its influence, and above competition. The series of ar¬ 
ticles, by Rev. J. S. C. Abbott, on Napoleon, are alone 
worth the subscription price. “ The Bleak House,” the 
first chapters of which are in the April number, promises 
to equal the best of Dickens’ popular works. As a so¬ 
cial reformer, Dickens holds the first rank—no abuse 
of power is too kingly to escape rebuke, and no public 
wrong sufficiently legalised to pass review unnoticed. 
Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution. By B. J. Lossing 
Harper A Brothers: New-York. 
The twenty-first number of this work fully sustains the 
previous encomiums, we have expressed. The cursory 
reader of history, will be instructed by it, and the anti¬ 
quarian delighted with the treasures it brings to light. 
Horses —their varieties, breeding, and management in health and 
disease. 
Domestic Fowl and Ornamental Poultry. 
The Hive and The Honey Bee, with an account of the diseases of 
Bees, and their remedies. 
The Hog, its origin and varieties, and treatment under disease. C 
M. Saxton, New-York. 
The above are the titles of a series of hand-books, 
which contain, in a cheap and convenient form, much 
that is desirable for every farmer. Their author, H. D. 
Richardson, is extensively known in England, as a re¬ 
liable and popular writer, and their contents will repay 
a careful perusal—besides twenty-five cents will buy either 
of them. - 
The American Rose Culturist. C. M. Saxton: New-York. 
This book gives a full catalogue of the different species 
and varieties of the Rose; the most approved methods of 
cultivation, propagation, pruning, &c., together with di¬ 
rections for the treatment of the Dahlia. It is a season¬ 
able issue, and no one need say, in defence of his vacant 
lawn, that he is ignorant of how to cultivate the Rose. 
Price 25 cents. -- 
A Practical Tteatise on Manures. E. S. Jones A Co., Phila¬ 
delphia. 
This reprint from a publication of the British Society 
for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, comprises a trea¬ 
tise on the nature and properties of Vegetable, Animal, 
and Mineral Manures; modes of preparation and applica¬ 
tion, and their effect. Though the result of experiments 
on a foreign soil, and more particularly adapted to Eng¬ 
lish climate, much that is useful may be found in its pa¬ 
ges. — 
Plantation and Farm Instruction, Regulation, Record, In¬ 
ventory and Account Book. J. W. Randolph, Richmond, Ya. 
A Southern Planter has reduced to a complete sys¬ 
tem, the entire business of a Plantation, and publishes it 
as a guide to others. The minuteness with which the 
detail of all the operations on a plantation is treated, is a 
model for farmers. Why should not some northern far¬ 
mer do the same for the benefit of the agricultural com¬ 
munity? -- 
Graham’s Magazine. Geo. R. Graham: Philadelphia. 
The Editor seems to understand to perfection, the art 
of combining the pleasing and instructive, the beautiful 
and the true. Its illustrations are finely executed, and 
| its contents original. 
