Indigo. By W. M. Reid. (thacker, Spink, And Co., Calcutta.)
—Mr. Reid gives us a short sketch of indigo manufacture as carried on in the North-West Provinces, Behar, Bengal, Benares, and Shakabod, with the various processes connected......
Verestchagin : Painter, Soldier, Traveller. Translated By...
M.A. (Bentley).—These autobiographical sketches of Vassili Verestchagin will not raise the fame of the great artist as a penman. The conviction sooner or later forces itself......
Another Volume Has Been Added To This Series, And Another
valuable guide to the geological succession of plants ; and the policy of allowing illustrations to explain themselves where possible has certainly produced an interesting......
The Principles Of Agricultural Practice. By John...
and Hall.)—This is a calm and dispassionate dis- cussion by Professor Wrightson on English agriculture, originally delivered by him in the form of lectures. It does not pretend......
Current Literature.
Cucumber Chronicles. By J. Ashby-Sterry. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This pleasant little volume ought to have been noticed some time ago. It seems now again quite appropriate, with......
A New Soct A Ltst Panacea.*
This book, which is decidedly clever, is a curious example of the truth of the ancient truism that it is easier to criticise than to construct. The writer is inspired by a fine......
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