d its employments. It is a pleasant book--one that
will enliven the fireside, elevate and purify the thoughts, and, at
the same time, impart a great deal of valuable agricultural knowledge.
We know not how the natural trains of thought of the farmer could be
more aptly met or more safely and agreeably led, than they are by
these brief and varied discussions. The range is as wide as life
itself--morals, religion, business, recreation, education, home, wife
and daughters--every relation and duty is touched upon, genially and
instinctively.

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From the New-York Tribune.

We have here another highly instructive and entertaining volume from
an author, who had laid the community under large obligations by the
enterprise and tact with which he has so frequently catered to the
popular taste for descriptions of rural life. Its contents are of a
very miscellaneous character, embracing sketches of natural history,
accounts of successful farming operations, anecdotes of distinguished
characters, singular personal reminiscences, pithy moral reflections,
and numerous pictures of household life in the country. No family can
add this volume to their collection of books without increasing their
sources of pleasure and profit.

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From the Northern Christian Advocate.

The venerable author of this work is entitled to the warmest thanks of
the public for his numerous and valuable contributions to our
literature. He is truly an American classic. We have been conversant
with his writings for the last twenty years, and have always found
them both useful and entertaining in a high degree. His writings on
Agriculture contain much real science, with numerous illustrative
incidents, anecdotes, and aphorisms, all in the most lively and
pleasing manner. By this means the dry details of farming business are
made to possess all the interest of romance. The style is clear, easy,
and dignified; the matter instructive, philosophical, and persuasive.
This work is an eloquent plea for the noble and independent pursuit of
Agriculture.

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From the National Magazine.

We return our thanks for the new volume of Dr. Blake, "The Farm and
the Fireside, or the Romance of Agriculture, being Half Hours and
Sketches of Life in the Country," a charming title, certainly, and one
that smacks of the man as well as of the country. Eschewing