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catory way, as detracting from the practical value of the au¬ 
thor’s teaching, that they are the instructions of one who has 
had but little, if any, opportunity of acquiring a sound expe¬ 
rience in the domain of ovine pathology. 
This may hold good to a certain extent, but it seems to us 
that this rather enhances than diminishes the usefulness of the 
work, from the fact that its conclusions are likely to be the 
result of fresh and original research and laborious personal 
investigation, rather than that of building on the foundations 
of others and traveling in a worn and beaten path, and mere¬ 
ly following the old footprints. 
It cannot be doubted, therefore, that as a companion of 
Youatt’s old, though excellent standard book on sheep, the 
publication of “ Diseases of the Sheep,” by Longman, Green 
& Co. supplies a want much felt by practitioners whose pro¬ 
fessional opportunities and business appointments demand a 
special aptitude in the application of their knowledge in this 
special department of their labor. 
In this work the subject is divided into eleven principal 
chapters, well written and of easy reading, with nearly one 
hundred illustrations. Every recent modern discovery per¬ 
taining to the subject has been carefully collected in the 
three hundred and fifty pages which compose the volume. 
OBITUARY. 
John H. Steel, F.R.C.V.S.—This eminent veterinarian 
died on the 28th of January at Bombay, India, at the age of 
thirty five years. He was little less than a victim to his 
profession, or at least to the special work which he had under¬ 
taken to accomplish in and for India, being among the pio¬ 
neers of veterinary science and education in that country, and 
he succumbed to a relapse of a disease which ought to have 
prevented his sojourn in such a climate. His death must 
prove a serious loss to the profession in India, who had in him 
an influential friend and able teacher. The profession is in¬ 
debted to him for numerous and well-known works, among 
