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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
ready well known by his literary performances, and princi¬ 
pally by his work on “ Comparative Physiology,” which has 
become a text book in most if not all of our veterinary 
colleges. 
If, however, “ Comparative Physiology ” has succeeded 
in winning a success with the students of veterinary medi¬ 
cine, we fear that “ The Dog, in Health and Disease,” will 
require a longer time to secure an equal result. This is not 
because of any inferiority on the part of the book itself, but 
because it fails to include certain matters which investigators 
and students in canine pathology would naturally expect to 
find in a new work which is destined to compete with those 
of Youatt, Hill, Steele and others, already and so long 
in vogue. 
The author, however, warns us in his Preface that “the 
book is by no means intended for students and practitioners 
of veterinary science alone. It is meant for all intelligent 
persons who breed and keep the animal.” This deprecatory 
caution naturally relieves us from the task of further criti¬ 
cism on the Second Part, which forms nearly the latter half 
of the book 
The First Part is very interesting reading. It is consti¬ 
tuted of a series of chapters which, starting with the origin 
and history of the dog, passes through his zoological position 
and physical characteristics and ends with a classification of 
those interesting animals through all their various breeds 
and in their various species. This is followed by a goodly 
number of pages treating in an able and entertaining manner 
upon the general canine hygiene and the requirements of 
dogs in breeding, and a very concise article on the determi¬ 
nation of the age of the animal. 
The text is handsomely illustrated by nearly forty well 
executed plates. The publishers’ part of the work has been 
liberally planned and executed, and harmonizes well with the 
general design of the whole. The volume is nicely bound 
and handsomely finished, and should be certain of finding a 
deserving place in every select library. 
