REVIEWS. 
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the lower the power which will show all the details of 
structure the better for the observer, may we not add in 
scientific description, the shorter the word which will 
express all that is intended, the better for the writer and the 
reader. 
He views. 
Quid sit pulchrutn, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — Hor. 
Every Man his own Cattle Doctor. By Francis Clater. 
Entirely re-written to the present date by George 
Armatage, M.R.C.V.S. London, Frederick Warne & Co.; 
New York, Scribner, Welford, & Co. 
This octavo volume of six hundred and forty odd pages is 
to all intents and purposes a work on the diseases of cattle, 
by George Armatage, M.R.C.V.S., and we much regret that 
Messrs. Warne & Co. have not thought it advisable to publish 
the book with the true author’s name alone on the title page. 
The system which has for some time been fashionable, we 
presume because in some way or other it pays, of editing old 
works, as it is called, meaning writing new books to old 
titles, is eminently unfair to the authors concerned. If 
Clater’s book, or any other author’s book records anything 
worth preserving, it should be kept intact. The man in his day 
and generation did then his work, and perhaps did it as 
well as it could then be done, all the good and all the evil in 
it belong to him, and no one has a right to rob him of the 
fruits of his labour, even if they are dead fruits. However, 
publishers are all powerful, and authors are poor, and so it 
comes about that the publishers have to decide what shall be 
written and who shall write it. 
Clater’s f Cattle Doctor’ in its present guise is a very 
useful work, profusely and generally well illustrated, contains 
a faithful description of most of the diseases to which cattle 
are liable, with plain directions for treatment of the more 
common diseases, and advice as to the necessary steps to be 
taken pending the arrival of the veterinary surgeon. 
The author takes advantage of his opportunity to speak in 
the interests of his profession, but nolens volens, all veterinary 
works must partake largely of the popular style, if they are 
