A one-page book notice in the American Whig Review (January issue, page 112) of Harper & Brothers' 1845 volume on the history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances. The reviewer reproduces the full title, which promises material on spinning, dyeing and weaving, the pastoral life of the ancients, and appendices on Pliny, paper, felting and netting. The review praises the work's usefulness to American growers of silk, cotton and flax and notes its paper and illustrations.

A poem by H. W. Parker published in the American Whig Review in January 1847. The speaker watches carpet-weavers at their looms, then uses the warp, woof, shuttle and finished web as extended metaphors for the soul, memory, thought and the course of a human life. It is literary verse, not technical weaving instruction.

A short book notice from the American Whig Review (February issue, page 188) about J. S. Skinner's monthly magazine The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil. The reviewer describes it as the main organ of the Protectionists, and says that apart from its protective-tariff views it carries useful agricultural information.

A one-page review from the American Whig Review's "Critical Notices" column, discussing the August 1849 issue of J. S. Skinner's monthly magazine The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, published in Philadelphia. The reviewer comments on the magazine's printing, price, and contents, including articles on Cumberland coal and iron resources, agricultural chemistry, Georgia railroads and manufactures, and dairy husbandry. The review also digresses to defend the American Review's own subscription price.