28 FEBRUARY 1835, Page 20

The Fifth Part of the New Statisical Account of Scotland

de- scribes the whole of Roxburghshire and part of Forfarshire. The current Number of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, be- sides the usual practical information in which that excellent work abounds, contains an essay on the " Application of Steam to the purposes of Husbandry,' a paper that merits attention from the extent and importance of the views it opens up, though it be dis- figured by some currency exaggerations, and displays too much of the sanguine magnificence of the projector's notions.