SOLON ROBINSON.

THE noise in the world which "Hot Corn" has made, and is still making, may cause, in some of our readers, curiosity to know something respecting its author, whose personal appearance has been dimly shadowed forth in the posting bills of that popular book. We therefore add Solon Robinson to our Gallery of the Noticeables of America.

To the readers of agricultural journals the name of Solon Robinson has been as familiar as any other household word for twenty years, and to many of them his face and general appearance are familiar; but a more particular acquaintance will be none the less acceptable to those who have seen him than to those who have not, while to the purchasers of fifty thousand volumes of his first book, who have had a glance at his appearance as indicated in the rough wood-cut of the "poster" before alluded to, the present pen-sketch may be particularly acceptable.

In personal appearance, as seen in the street, Mr. Robinson looks like an old man; his head is gray, and his beard, which he wears long, is entirely white. He is six feet high-stoopshouldered-long-limbed-has an awkward gait, walks with a long stride and always with a cane, and is not overwell dressed. He generally wears black, and sports a Quaker-looking hat, generally "the worse for wear."

A stranger would suppose, to see him pass rapidly through