44 LEWIS'S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



The author, as a veterinary surgeon, had for many years no 

 rival in England ; his close observation, unremitted industry, and 

 extensive practice in the veterinary art, enabled him, during a 

 series of years, to lay up a store of information on these subjects 

 that no other individual could have possibly collected. Youatt's 

 attention, either from choice or the force of circumstances, was 

 particularly directed to the study of the history and pathology of 

 the canine race; and sportsmen cannot be too thankful for the 

 much useful matter that this practical writer has embodied in his 

 work ; and which, by-the-by, was only given to the public a short 

 time before the close of an honorable life, the greater portion of 

 which was spent in the noble effort to alleviate the sufferings, 

 lighten the labors, exalt the position, and teach the inestimable 

 worth, of our domestic animals. 



Much valuable pathological information, as well as other general 

 matter, will be found in Mr. Youatt's book, which, upon the whole, 

 renders it the most complete work that has ever been dedicated to 

 this faithful animal; rind, as we said before, should be in the 

 hands of every lover of the dog. The volume is beautifully 

 embellished with numerous spirited engravings, which not a little 

 enhance its value in the eyes of every one. We do not intend our 

 observations as a puff, either for ourselves, as connected with the 

 publication of the work, or for the benefit of those who have 

 brought it out, but we wish rather to draw the attention of the 

 reading public generally to the examination of the volume, being 

 convinced that it needs only to be known to be properly appre- 

 ciated; and by thus causing it to be appreciated we are richly 

 repaid in the pleasant reflection that we have done something to- 

 wards elevating the condition of that animal which, above all others, 

 owing to his untiring devotion and never-ceasing fidelity, should 

 elicit the greatest kindness and best treatment from the hands of 

 mankind. 



The dog, par excellence, may be considered the type of all that 

 is noble and great; for, certainly, incorruptible fidelity, disin- 

 terested attachment, and a never-ceasing desire to be useful to 



