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a claim only reposes on their bodily resemblance to ourselves. 
As to their intelligence, no evidence seems to be forthcoming 
that it is superior to that of the dog or the elephant, though their 
close likeness to ourselves gives to their tricks a deceptive ap- 
pearance of rationality which we must always be careful ade- 
quately to discount if we would correcftly estimate their real 
worth. It is therefore true that ‘ something may be said in 
favour of cats being the highest of mammals,’ if man be con- 
sidered merely in his animal capacity, — in which alone he can be 
brought into comparison with other organisms. But whether or 
not this eminence be allowed to the cat, there can be no question 
but that it is the most highly-developed type of carnivorous 
mammalian life — the most perfedf embodiment of a ‘ beast of 
prey.’ Such, then, is certainly the £ cat’s place in nature.’ ” 
The chapter on the Cat’s “ Hexicology ” treats on the cat’s 
relations to its surroundings, including physical conditions, geo- 
graphical distribution, palaeontology, and its relations to other 
living beings. Among cats’ enemies the most troublesome are 
internal and external parasites : of these a goodly list are given. 
From their habit of feeding upon small animals, cats — as the 
owners of these pets well know — are particularly subject to the 
attacks of various Entozoa, and the ravages of these worms are 
common to the whole family. 
The work concludes with a chapter on “ The Pedigree and 
Origin of the Cat.” An abstract of this important part of the 
book would be impossible, from the necessarily complex argu- 
ment involved, and quotations here and there would do no justice 
to the author ; let it suffice to say that the chapter is the finest 
in a splendid book. The writer’s aim is to teach the truth, and 
not to support a view. 
The book will take its place as one of the most valuable mono- 
graphs yet produced. 
Education , Scientific and Technical; or , How the Inductive 
Sciences are Taught , and How they Ought to he Taught. 
By Robert Galloway, M.R.I.A., F.C.S. London : Triibner 
and Co. 
Foreigners often wonder by whom the examinational system of 
education rampant in England and in China is really defended. 
Our scientific discoverers — we need only mention the names of 
Huxley, Crookes, and Lankester — rejecft it with contempt; our 
most learned medical authorities denounce it as ruinous to the 
mental constitution not merely of the present, but of future 
generations, and pronounce the work of the Civil Service 
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