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Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — H or. 
Animal Plagues , their History, Nature, and Prevention. By 
George Fleming, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.V.S., &c. London : 
Chapman & Hall, Piccadilly. 
There is a wholesome rule which obtains among journalists 
not to write in laudatory terms of the works of the members 
of the staff. The author of ‘ Animal Plagues J would, we 
are convinced, least of all advise a departure from the usual 
course to he made in his favour ; nor is it in any sense necessary 
to make an exception in respect of a writer whose works are 
so well recognised by his professional brethren. Our simple 
duty is, therefore, to indicate the nature and scope of the book 
before us. 
e Animal Plagues 9 is a consistent history of the progress 
of epizootic diseases which have attacked animals from the 
earliest historical times, from the “ murrains ” of Europe to 
the cattle plague in England in 1865. Each chapter in the 
book comprehends a “ period,” and by this method of division 
the labour of reading is materially diminished ; we have 
no desire, however, to delude the reader into the belief 
that the hook will afford recreation for a listless mind in some 
idle hour ; on the contrary, he who reads it at all must 
make up his mind to read literally and accurately, or he 
had better leave its pages uncut. 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
THE CATTLE TRAEEIC RESTRICTIONS. 
Yesterday, May 1 6 th, a large and important deputation 
from the inhabitants of all the principal towns in Lancashire 
and Yorkshire waited upon Mr. Forster, the Vice-President 
of the Council, at Whitehall, with a view to induce him to 
recommend to the Government the removal of certain re- 
strictions relative to the importation of foreign cattle into this 
country, as contained in the Contagious Diseases (Animals) 
Act, 1869. By this statute, it may be remembered, the re- 
