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Beviews. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — H or. 
Our readers will remember that in a late number we gave 
an account of the visit of the deputation of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society of England to the French International 
Exhibition of Cattle, held in Paris. Since then, each member 
of the deputation has been honoured by the presentation of 
several volumes of books connected with agricultural science 
as a souvenir from the Minister of Agriculture. The following 
is an outline of the contents of those we have received. 
Report on the execution of the Decree of the 3d of October 
1848, referring to the Academical Teaching of Agriculture. 
The organization of Agricultural Colleges in France under 
the auspices of government, dates only since 1848. The 
above work gives interesting accounts of all the secondary 
agricultural schools, accounts which were collected with a 
view to prove the utility of a national establishment, such as 
was established at Versailles in 1849. 
“ The Royal Dairy of RimR 
There is no date to this Atlas. It is a collection of illus- 
trations by Gustave le Conteulx. The drawings on the 
whole are very inferior, and offer a striking contrast with 
those in the works mentioned below. The animals from 
which they were taken were good specimens of short-horns, 
still holding a good repute in the dairies of his Majesty the 
French Emperor. 
The Short-Horn , or Durham Breed of Cattle in England, America, 
and France. By M. G. Lefebvre Sante Marie, In- 
spector-General of Agriculture, &c. Paris, 1849- 
This contains a very interesting historical sketch of the 
short-horns in England, speaking in praise of our breeders ; 
also, of the importation of the short-horns in France, the 
foundation of appropriate dairies, and experiments under- 
taken to establish the importance of crossing the French with 
this English breed. Similar reflections are made respecting 
