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TEES SOUTHERN WORLD, NOVEMBER 16, 1888.
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A Fair Philosopher, by Henri Dauge, author of
the Georgians. George W. Harlan <S Co., publishers,
New York.
This is one of the Kaaterski 11 series of books
issued by those energetic publishers, Geo.
W. Harlan & Co. The interest grows with
every page, and the reader lays it aside with
regret that it does not contain more than 29G
page*.
The Angora Goat, Its Origin, Culture and Products
by John L. Hayes, LL. D.—University Press, John
Wilson & Son, Cambridge. (1 .SO per copy. Forsale
by Lynch & Son, Atlanta, Ga.
This is a valuable work. Dr. Hayes lias in
it presented the most original, complete and
practical information upon this subject ever
given to the public. The fullest details con
cerning the Angora are given Ijy Col. Rich
ard Peters, of this city, who has had more
experience than any other man perhaps in
the Union with Angoras. The book is a
yery useful one for reference,
Hand Book or Tennessee, prepared by A. W. Haw
kins , Commissioner of Agriculture, etc. Whig A
Chronicle Book and Job Printing Ofllce, Knoxville,
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Commissioner Hawkins in't^s Jhnml-lSok
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and vast resources as Tennessee.
Practical Farm Drainage and the Manufacture of
Dratu tile, by J. J. W. Billingsley, Indianapolis, Ind.
Part I. treats of Farm Drainage; Why,
When and How to Drain. Part II. treats of
the Manufacture of Drain Tile, Selections of
Clays, Plans of Factories, Machinery, and
the Mode of Manufacture. The two parts
are substantially bound in one volume, and
illustrated with more than sixty engravings.
Price $1.00 ; address the publisher. In view
of the greatly increased interest in farm
drainage, for profit and health, this work
will doubtless have a large sale.
Bertram Raymond; or, tbe Cruise of the Dolphin,
by Helen Harcourt. Claxton, Remsen A HsfTeltln.
gcr, Philadelphia.
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ton, Remsen & Haffelfinger. The gifted au
thoress is our special Florida contributor.
The book is written in Miss Harcourt’s
graphic style, abounding in skilful word-
painting and touches of nature so life-like as
to charm the reader, and make one refuse to
give up the book until the end is reached.
We have not read a more interesting book in
years. As the edition is exhausted the en
terprising publishers should bring out an
other at once.
Hough's Elkuent. of Fobestry.—Elements of
Forestry. Designed to afford Information concern
ing the Planting and Care of Forest Trees for Orna
ment or Profit i and giving Suggestions upon the Cre
ation and Care of Woodlands, with the view of se
curing tbe Greatest Benefit for tbe Longest Time.
Particularly adapted to tbe Wantsand Conditions of
the United States. By Franklin B. Hough, Ph. D.,
Chief of Forestry Division, Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, D. C. A large 12mo vol. With
numerous Illustrations, (2.00. Robert Clarke A Co.,
publishers, Cincinnati, O. '
This work is designed to present a concise
outline of the general subject of Forestry in
its various relations, and especially to afford
directions for the planting and care of trees
in groves, or as wind-breaks, or for orna
ment in private grounds, village roads, etc.
Although the range and capabilities of
species is noticed, with reference to the whole
country, and the special interests of other
regions is included, particular attention is
given to the subject of tree-planting in the
Western States, and on the borders of the
Great Plains, with suggestions as to the
methods best adapted for securing success
under the difficulties there encountered.
The work is fully illustrated by engrav
ings in the text. Technical details are
avoided, and the greatest care has been taken
that the definitions and terms used are con
cise, plain, and easily understood. No the
oretical discussions are introduced, and no
statements made but those founded upon
approved authority.
The author has been several years, and is
now, engaged under an appointment from
the General Government in investigating the
subject of Forestry, in the Department of
Agriculture, and his reports, published by
order oi Congress, have received the approval
of the highest authorities upon Forestry in
Europe. They were awarded a Diploma of
Honor at the International Geographical
Congress at Venice, during the last autumn
HOVKY’S CELEBRATED AMERICAN CAVERNS.
Celebrated American Caverns,especially Mammoth
Wyandot, and Luray; with brief Notices of Caves
and Grottoes In other lands. Maps and Illustrations,
By Horace C. Hovey, of New Haven, Conn. A
Handsome 8ro. Volume. 228 pages. Price, (2.00.
Robert Clarke A Co., Cincinnati.
In preparing this work, earlier accounts
have been care fullycompared and fads sift'
ed from fanciet. A large amount of entire
ly new material has been added as the result
of tile author's personal explorations, for
which he was well qualified by his thorough
familiarity with Gp&logv and other branches
of Natural Science. His clearness of style
and vivid powers of description make the
work one of the most instructive and enter
taining ever offered to the public on the ob'
scure and di&cult subject treated. Mr. Ho
vey has already published numerous articles
on single caverns, in the American Journal
of Science and Arts, in Scribner’s Magazine
and other periodicals, and has forthcoming
articles of the same nature in the Encyclo
pedia Britannica. But the contents of the
present volume arc largely new, and the
maps and diagrams are from surveys made
mostly during the past year. These add
greatly to the interest of the work, enabling
the reader to trace the various routes de
scribed and to locate all important places
mentioned.
The illustrations, of which there are more
than forty, are from sketches made recently
by . Barton, Penell,.Lee, and other favorite
artists of note and reputation.
While the largest space is reserved for the
three famous caverns named in the title
page, full notices are given of Weyer’s,
Howe’s, Pickett’s Cave, the Cave of Cacahu
ami 1 pa, the Canadian Caverns, and the Cliff
Dwellers of New Spain. The preliminary
chapters, concerning the structure, varieties,
mineral contents, and archaeology of cav
erns, will be found very clear and instruct
ive.
The work is well indexed, and an appendix
gives a complete list of ail known subterra
nean fauna, including an account of the
wonderful eyeless fishes and other singular
forms of life.
add to the general diffusion of knowledge
throughout the South. Their paper is hand
somely illustrated, has agricultural, stock,
household and young folks’ departments,
each full of interesting and valuable infor
mation. This journal ought to be a regular
visitor to the home of every family in the
South.
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rnalned less than a year, when it was sent
back to Washington weighing seven pounds.
In the latitude of of New York and New Eng
land, oneof Prof. Baird’s assistants informed
the correspondent, the average yearly in
crease in weight the first year is about three
to three and a half pounds. Carp weighing
from three to six pounds are occasionally
seen on the tables of fish dealers in the Wash
ington markets, having been taken in the
Potomac, into which it is supposed they es
caped during a season of high water when
the carp ponds were Invaded by the river.
These fish arc esteemed a delicacy and sell
at good prices.
DISTRIBUTING FOOD FISH.
How Yonng Carp are Sent to AppII-
cants Throughout the
Country.
The old Armory building in Washington
City which was built thirty years ago for the
accommodation of the citizen soldiery of the
District of Columbia, is now devoted to more
peaceful uses. A Tribune correspondent who
visited it Wednesday found the first floor
occupied by a portion of the paraphernalia
of the United States fish commission, and
by several of Professor Baird’s assistants who
are just now busily engaged in preparing
some thousand of young carp for their jour
ney to different parts of the country. Dur
ing the last week about 25,000 of these fish
were shipped, and today 10,000 more were
to be sent. Of the 25,000 already shipped
1,000 were destined to stock ponds in Penn
sylvania, 2,000 for New York, 6,600 fo$ Mas
sachusetts and other New England states,
1,200 for Columbus, Ohio, 12,400 for Ken
tucky, 1,600 for Virginia, and the remainder
for Maryland and to individuals in other
states. The 16,000 to be shipped to-day are
mainly for Iowa and Minnesota. About 27,-
00 young fish still remain in the tanks of
the Armory; and there still remains to be
drained the larger of the two propagating
ponds, so it is probable that Professor Baird
will be able to distribute more than 100,000
of the young of this food fish this present
autumn.
In reply to a question, the professor said
that from 12,000 to 15,000 carp ponds in all
have been stocked since the commission be
gan the work. About 10,000 applicants are
now on file from different parts of the union
and new applications are constantly received
at the rate of fifty to one hundred per day.
As the value of the carp for food, the ease
with which it is kept, and the rapidity with
which the species multiplies, as well as that
of its growth, become known in a country or
neighborhood, the demand for young fish to
stock new ponds of course increases. The
hardy constitution of the carp renders its
transportation alive and in good condition
from place to place an easy matter, and is
another strong point in its favor. Small tin
buckets partly filled with water are now ex
tensively used for this purpose. Each of
these buckets has a capacity of about one gal
Ion, and is fitted with a cover, in which ai^e
two small holes for the admission of air.
Twenty young fish can make a long journey
by express in one of these buckets very com
fortably without a change of wuter. A year
or two ago, as an experiment, a common tin
bucket containing a few live carp was sent by
express to Commissioner Blackford in New
York, with a request that if the fish were
alivo when he received them, lie would reshiji
them to Washington without changing the
water. He did so, and when they reached
Washington again after a week’s absence, the
fish were fouud in|good condition and did not
appear to suffer after remaining another week
in the same water, although the bucket stood
in a warm room in the meantime. The small
buckets mentioned are much used in sending
carp to individual applicants not too remote
from Washington. Where a number of appli
cants live in the same vicinity a dozen or
two dozen buckets are packed in a strong
wooden crate and sent by express. For
larger shipments ten gallon tin cans are used
one of which will accommodate from 150 to
200 young fish.
It has been found by experience that the
young fish taken from the water in the spring
appear to be more tender and do not bear
transportation so well as those taken in the
autumn. It is found, too, that the growth of
the carp in the South is about twice as rapid
as in the North. There is a carp now at the
8mithsonian Institution which, as a young
fish an inch or two in length, was sent to
Georgia and placed in a pond where it re-
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