EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS OF FIRST EDITION.

We had practical proof of the extraordinary success resulting from Mr Pettigrew's system of bee-management when he was our foreman in the gardens at Wrotham Park, Middlesex, twenty-five years ago. We assure our readers who may peruse his letters, that though he may recommend what may clash violently with their present knowledge of the subject, he is, notwithstanding, a safe guide; and that where profit is the object, no writer that we have ever read can be compared to him.-Mr Thomson of Tweed Vineyards, formerly Editor of the Gardener.

The author of this volume is evidently a practical man, and knows a great deal more about bees and their habits than most of the bee-keepers in England; indeed, he may be said to be a very master in the art of bee mysteries.-Bell's Life in London.

It is honestly written, not with a view of puffing any particular sort of hive, but bona fide for the instruction of working men, to enable them to engage in a pursuit which will render them, as the author says, "Superior to the low vulgarities of the public-house," becoming to them "a perennial source of -income and pleasure, a greater boon than a row of cottages à la Peabody." We recommend his book to all who wish to spread a knowledge of this useful art amongst their neighbours and friends."-Land and Water. We cordially recommend it to the bee-loving public, and wish him every success. Journal of Horticulture.

We shall not spoil our readers' enjoyment by quoting here and there passages from Mr Pettigrew's book. All we can say is, that it is a book which ought to be bought and studied by all apiarians who desire to combine pleasure with profit.-Farmer.

The life and work of bees have been described from a scientific point of view, and in the light of how a profit to the bee-keeper might be derived from them. In the handsome little volume before us, Mr Pettigrew has undertaken both functions—the result being a treatise which is replete with information to all sections of the bee-loving community.-Scotsman.

Evidently the production of a person thoroughly versed in bee-culture, and forms a useful contribution to the extensive apiarian literature with which the press teems.-Athenaum.

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This is a most exhaustive and careful treatise. To those who take an interest in bee-culture it will be an invaluable manual. Every stage of bee-development we have here set forth with the clearness of an observant and loving student; and every peculiarity of habit and need is duly noted.-Nonconformist.

A practical treatise on the profitable conduct of apiculture, by an author thoroughly familiar with the theme. He writes largely for working men, emphatically urging on them the advantages, both in pocket and in habits, which the keeping of bees will confer; and the unpretentious, clear style, and exhaustive treatment of the subject, make the little volume a safe guide to a very interesting and self-rewarding recreation.-Daily Telegraph.

We could not recommend a more succinct, more intelligible, or more entertaining manual than that of Mr Pettigrew.-Bell's Weekly Messenger.

It is really what it professes to be-a handy book. It is clearly and concisely written, and embodies an amount of practical knowledge of the works and ways of bees such as but very few men need expect ever to gain by personal observation. His object is to show that, with some knowledge and a little care, any intelligent cottager may, by keeping bees, eke out his yearly income by £10, £20, or even £40; and very successfully, we think, does he prove his point.-Glasgow Daily Express.

The author of this manual gives such rules for managing his bees, that any person who follows them is all but certain to make them profitable friends. -Inverness Courier.

This book is withal a most readable and instructive book-the result of great industry and keen observation. Its author craves forbearance for faults of style, but in this respect we have seen little to complain of. He says that he is a working man himself, and has specially written with a view to the welfare of working men. He wishes them to make a little money by bee-keeping, and shows how it can be made.-Montrose Standard.

The author of this volume has for many years supplemented his profession of gardener by bee-keeping, which he has conducted with a view to profit, and he has written his work mainly to show how lucrative an addition it may be made to the cottage garden of the working man. . . It is throughout so obviously the result of observation and ripe experience, as to leave no doubt of its value as a manual for the apiarist.--Bristol Mercury.

How to manage bees properly, so as to make a profit, is so clearly and pleasantly told in this capital work, that we need not trespass on its pages longer. Sherborne Journal.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON.