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Reviews. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — H or. 
Horses and Stables; by Colonel F. FitzWygram, 15 the 
King’s Hussars. London : Longmans, Green, Reader and 
Dyer. 
The author of c Horses and Stables ’ has contrived in tbe 
space of six hundred pages of octavo to say something upon 
everything relating to the construction and regulation of 
stables, and the anatomy, diseases of horses. 
In view of the multiplicity of subjects it is hardly neces- 
sary to state that no one of them is treated exhaustively, at 
the same time the information which is given is conveyed in 
very precise terms, and is of a kind to be generally intelli- 
gible to readers who are not learned in scientific lore. 
Many horse keepers would like to know something more 
than they do respecting the proper methods of managing 
their animals, but are deterred from seeking knowledge by 
the fear of exhibiting ignorance ; to all such f Horses and 
Stables ’ will be a boon. 
Some of the subjects touched upon, for example, contagion 
and infection, inflammation, fever, and the minute structure 
of certain organs and tissues, are not of a kind to be disposed 
of so lightly, with benefit to the reader ; but on all matters 
of a practical nature the writer is clear and instructive. 
The chapter on conformation, with the diagrams of good 
and bad points, will be particularly interesting and useful to 
the tyro. 
Descriptive Anatomy of the Horse and Domestic Animals. 
Compiled chiefly from the Manuscripts of Thomas 
Strangeways, LL.D., M.R.C.V.S., and the late Professor 
Goodsir, F.R.S.S., Lond. and Edin. By J. Wilson 
Johnston, M.D., F.R.S.E., and T. J. Call, L.R.C.P.E. 
Edinburgh : Maclachlan and Stewart. London : Simpkiu, 
Marshall and Co. 
Anatomy is only to be learned by diligent dissection, and 
the best book that ever was, or ever will be written on the sub- 
ject can do no more than guide the student in his researches. 
Plain descriptions of the general characters of organs and 
