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and physiology. Believe me, gentlemen, I am fully conscious of 
my incapability to do justice to those important branches of sci- 
ence to which it is my duty to direct your attention ; yet such 
has been the marked respect, the undivided attention, that I 
have always experienced from my pupils, and such their strenu- 
ous exertions to improve, that I am now enabled to come before 
you with a heartfelt pleasure, unalloyed by that excitement and 
perturbation which so generally attend the early career of a lec- 
turer. You have, however, to-day placed me in a novel situa- 
tion. You are the donors, I am the acceptor : and when I look 
to the intrinsic value of the beautiful present which you have thus 
kindly placed before me, and reflect that in such lasting material 
is centered the confidence and esteem of my pupils, my heart 
overflows w'ith feelings of gratitude, and I feel myself totally in- 
competent to express the genuine sentiments of my soul. 
Gentlemen, I proudly accept this valued gift ; and be assured 
that it, together with the kind sentiments with which it is asso- 
ciated, will make an indelible impression on my mind. It will 
not buoy me up with vain ideas or egotistic pride ; but will act as 
an incitement to new and more strenuous exertions in the cause 
which I believe to be uppermost in all our hearts, viz. the ho- 
nour, respectability, and welfare of the veterinary profession. 
To you, Sir (turning to Mr. Brough), for the very able man- 
ner in which you have fulfilled the duty entrusted to you by 
those with whom you have acted, and for the very flattering eulo- 
gium which you have been pleased to pass upon me, I feel 
that I am called upon to tender my best thanks. I am con- 
vinced 1 do not merit the compliments which you have been 
pleased to pay me ; but must place much to the score of that 
friendship which during your pupillage has ever existed be- 
tween us. Gentlemen, I beg again from my heart to thank 
you. 
Hiebiffco* 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — lion. 
The Human Brain , its Configuration, Structure , Development , 
and Physiology , illustrated by References to the Nervous 
System in the Lower Orders of Animals . By Samuel 
Solly, Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology in St. Thomas's 
Hospital , #c. fyc. With twelve plates. 
Mr. Solly is one of those who have marked and accompa- 
nied the onward progress of science as it regards the structure 
