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The Horse 



ITS TREATMENT IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, WITH A COMPLETE GUIDE TO 

 BREEDING, TRAINING, AND MANAGEMENT. Edited by Professor J. WORTLEY AXE, 

 M.R.C.V.S., ex- President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; late Lecturer at the 

 Royal Veterinary College, and at the Agricultural Colleges of Downton and Wye; Chief 

 Veterinary Inspector to the Surrey County Council ; Consulting Veterinary Surgeon to the 

 British Dairy Farmers' Association; author of "The Mare and Foal", "Abortion in Cattle", 

 "Anthrax in Farm Stock", "Examination of Horses as to Soundness", "Glanders, its 

 Spread and Suppression", "Swine Fever", "Lithotomy, or the Removal of Stone from the 

 Bladder of the Horse". Complete in 9 handsomely-bound divisional-volumes. 



The work is divided into over twenty main sections, including Exterior of the Horse, Conformation 

 and its Defects, Varieties of the Horse, Principles of Breeding and Management of the Breeding Stud, 

 Horse Training for the Course, the Hunt, and the Show; Stable Management and Stable Vices; Exa- 

 mination as to Soundness, &c. Each section is virtually a book in itself, dealing exhaustively with 

 every phase of its subject, the information in each case being brought down to the month of publication. 



To the owner or responsible custodian of any horse or pony it is absolutely indispensable. 



The New Popular Encyclopedia 



A LIBRARY IN ITSELF. A General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, Biography, 

 History, The Practical Arts and Handicrafts, Law, Medicine, Household Matters, Education, 

 Music, Games, and Sports. Edited by CHARLES ANNANDALE, M.A., LL.D., Editor of 

 Ogilvie's " Imperial Dictionary of the English Language". Profusely illustrated. Complete 

 in 14 handsome volumes, super-royal octavo, in Roxburghe library binding. 



Special attention has been paid to questions that have recently arisen and come under public notice, 

 and the latest inventions and discoveries, whether in the fields of science, the arts, or travel, have suitable 

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 all the most reliable sources of information have been drawn upon. 



Ogilvie's Imperial Dictionary 



OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. New Edition, revised and greatly augmented. 

 A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Etymological, Scientific, Technological, and 

 Pronouncing. Edited by CHARLES ANNANDALE, M.A., LL.D. Illustrated by above 3000 

 engravings oft wood, besides a splendid series of full -page plates, many of which are 

 coloured. Issued in 8 divisional-volumes of a handy size for reference, bound in cloth, 

 with a fine design on side ; also in 4 volumes, Roxburghe library style. 



The reception accorded by the press and the public to this new edition of the IMPERIAL DICTIONARY 

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