Review. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — H or. 
The American Veterinary Journal. Devoted to the Diffusion 
of Veterinary Knowledge. Edited by Gr. H. Dadd, M.D., 
Veterinary Surgeon. 
In our last volume we noticed the formation of the 
“ Boston Veterinary Institute,” and congratulated our 
professional cousins on the event. We have now lying 
before us, forwarded by the editor, the first number of its 
journal, the title of which is given above. This is certainly 
early taking a wise step, and we can and do wish that it 
may be attended with a corresponding benefit to veterinary 
science. 
The contents of this, the first number, are more varied, less 
scientific, and do not bear the stamp of so much real 
practical usefulness as we doubt not succeeding numbers will. 
It is not, perhaps, fair, and we are sure it is not liberal, to 
expect too much at the commencement. Of this we are also 
sure, that had the schools in this country done the like at 
their beginnings, the archives of veterinary medicine would 
have been richer in recorded facts, and its literature stood 
much higher than it now does. 
The editor, at the conclusion of his opening remarks, in 
which he states the objects he has in view, and the means of 
attaining them, says — “We may fail in our duty to our- 
selves, the profession, or our patrons ; but if perseverance 
and industry can accomplish the feat of fulfilling such duties, 
they shall not be wanting.” We need hardly say that this is 
the right spirit wherewith to be animated, and the reward 
will be reaped if he faint not, while the performance of the 
promise will lead not only to an improvement of the journal, 
but to profit, in more senses than one. We extract the 
