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Under the titles: The fair Lavinia, Amarina’s roses, Eglantina, The pink shawls, The willow ware, The secret, The gold, and The underling, Mrs. Freeman presents the village life she knows so well how to picture and shows us the very hearts of the village folks who take part in those homely little comedies and tragedies.
“Delicate and amusing sketches of village life with charm of sentiment and grace of narrative.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 20w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 711. N. 9, ’07. 450w. |
“The stories are like old-fashioned shell cameos; the flush of life and beauty shows through the carefully fashioned faces.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 120w. |
French, Allen. Book of vegetables and garden herbs: a practical handbook and planting table for the vegetable gardener. **$1.75. Macmillan.
7–16935.
A book intended for seedsmen and their customers, that both may get full benefit from the seeds, the latter in good crops, the former in continued custom. Mr. French gives a summary of the uses, culture and virtues of each plant included; sowing-directions regarding distance of rows from each other, of seeds in the row, depth of planting, etc.; thinning, fertilizing, transplanting and picking.