FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. A TRUTHFUL ELUCIDATION OF THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION OF PROFIT AND LOSS AS INVOLVED IN AMATEUR FARMING, WITH MUCH VALUABLE ADVICE AND INSTRUCTION TO THOSE ABOUT PURCHASING LARGE OR SMALL PLACES IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS. BY ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, 66 GAME FISH OF NORTH AMERICA, "" SUPERIOR FISHING, AUTHOR OF NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. 1 ΤΟ THE WRITERS OF BOOKS ON FARMING, GARDENING, HORTICULTURE, AGRICUL TURE, AND FLORICULTURE, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, AS AN EVIDENCE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT WONDERFUL RESULTS THEIR DIRECTIONS AND STRICT OBE DIENCE TO THEIR RULES; AND AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONIAL TO THE ACCURACY, LUCIDITY, GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY DESCRIBE; IN THE SINCERE HOPE THAT THEY WILL NEVER WEARY OF COMPOSING BOOKS AND INTERESTING. THE AUTHOR. |