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resurrection of the mortal body as a mass of dust which had 
long been scattered to the winds.” Such reasoning is beyond 
the scope of, and cannot be criticised in, a mere notice. The 
full consideration would absorb many pages of this journal, and 
in the end would but express the reviewer’s opinion. 
Miscellanies. By JoHN ADDINGTON SymonpDs, M.D., Selected 
and Edited, with an Introductory Memoir, by his Son. 
London: Macmillan and Co. 1871. 
BESIDES a memoir these miscellanies comprise articles on 
general subjects, scientific studies, papers on the social and 
political aspects of medicine, as well as poems and translations 
from classical authors, all from the pen of the late Dr. Symonds. 
Dr. Symonds was one of those men who derive their energy 
from a strong desire of cultivating the beautiful, and who, 
working quietly and intensely during their lives, leave their 
biographer to astonish the reading world with the versatility of 
their achievements. The chief essay is that on the Principles 
of Beauty, following up Mr. Hay’s idea that the harmony of 
forms can be explained by the proportion of the component 
angles; that is, a form is beautiful when the space which it 
encloses can be analysed into angles which bear proportions to 
each other analogous to those which subsist between the notes 
of music. The elaborate manner in which Dr. Symonds has 
worked out this subject is characteristic of the remaining essays. 
The tranglations in verse from the Greek Anthology everywhere 
present the delicate appreciation of a scholar and of a refined 
mind. This book should certainly be set on the shelves devoted 
to the lighter literature of science. 
Animal Plagues: their History, Nature, and Prevention. By 
GeEoRGE Fieminc, F.R.G.S., President of the Central 
Veterinary Medical Society, &c.; Author of ‘“‘ Horse-Shoes 
and Horse-Shoeing,” &c. London: Chapman and Hall. 1871. 
Tuts essentially is a chronological history of animal plagues 
from B.c. 1490 to A.D. 1800. Mr. Fleming endeavours to show 
the baneful effects of the maladies, particularly those of a con- 
tagious or spreading character, on the agriculture of the country, 
and how much has been lost by neglecting to study these maladies 
—a study, says Mr. Fleming, inwhich the comparative pathologist, 
physician, general historian, agriculturist, or statesman will find 
much material for reflection. The author presents a volume 
bearing on every page evidence of the most patient research. 
Latin, French, and German accounts of murrains that have 
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