26 NOVEMBER 1904, Page 23

The Agricultural Handbook and Diary. (County Gentleman Office, for the

Editors. ls.)—This is a combination of text-book and diary, and should prove specially useful to farmers, country gentlemen,. and all who have to do with land and agriculture. The preliminary essays are also interesting and valuable. We may especially mention one by Mr. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt on "Cheap Cottage Building." Mr. Blunt has a scheme and plan for a cottage to be built at the cost of .2124. But we must first clear the obstration of local authorities out of the way. The Diary contains an interesting agricultural map.