Inconsistencies with regards to hyphenated words have been left as inthe original. Inconsistencies in spelling and other unexpected spellinghave been retained as in the original book.
From Kitchen to Garret. By VirginiaTerhune Van de Water.
Neighborhood Entertainments. By RenéeB. Stern, of the Congressional Library.
Home Water-works. By Carleton J.Lynde, Professor of Physics in MacdonaldCollege, Quebec.
Animal Competitors. By Ernest Ingersoll.
Health on the Farm. By Dr. H. F.Harris, Secretary, Georgia State Boardof Health.
Co-operation Among Farmers. By JohnLee Coulter.
Roads, Paths and Bridges. By L. W.Page, Chief of the Office of PublicRoads, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Farm Management. By C. W. Pugsley,Professor of Agronomy and Farm Managementin the University of Nebraska.
Electricity on the Farm. By FrederickM. Conlee.
The Farm Mechanic. By L. W. Chase,Professor of Farm Mechanics in theUniversity of Nebraska.
The Satisfactions of Country Life. ByDr. James W. Robertson, Principal ofMacdonald College, Quebec.
This is the day of the small book. There ismuch to be done. Time is short. Informationis earnestly desired, but it is wanted in compactform, confined directly to the subject in view,authenticated by real knowledge, and, withal,gracefully delivered. It is to fulfill these conditionsthat the present series has been projected—tolend real assistance to those who arelooking about for new tools and fresh ideas.
It is addressed especially to the man andwoman at a distance from the libraries, exhibitions,and daily notes of progress, which arethe main advantage, to a studious mind, of livingin or near a large city. The editor has hadin view, especially, the farmer and villagerwho is striving to make the life of himself andhis family broader and brighter, as well as toincrease his bank account; and it is thereforein the humane, rather than in a commercial direction,that the Library has been planned.
The average American little needs advice onthe conduct of his farm or business; or, if hethinks he does, a large supply of such help infarming and trading as books and periodicalscan give, is available to him. But many a manwho is well to do a