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cation of a veterinarian who has not cultivated an acquaint¬ 
ance with that important branch of our specialty will be 
looked upon as but partial and incomplete.” 
What rapid progress has not this science made since those 
days, and how different the opportunities for its study now, 
from those of the days when only the excellent work of Pro¬ 
fessor A. Samson was accessible to the student? And what a 
stride it is, from the state of things of that day to the publi¬ 
cation of this large work of Professor Cornevin! We do not 
know that any book of equal value can be found in any other 
language, but we feel confident that a translation of the 
Trait de Zootechnie Generate will become immediately impera¬ 
tive, and that, until then, the treasures that are to be found 
in its pages will remain lost to a host of those who are inter¬ 
ested in the breeding and training of domestic animals, and 
the profit to be found in it. With this guide and help breed¬ 
ers may learn many of the valuable truths which the close 
observations of Professor Cornevin has so skilfully developed 
and registered in his book, and by its help the veterinary stu¬ 
dent and practitioner cannot fail to acquire an augmented 
stock of knowledge, fuller and truer than can be elsewhere 
obtained in the matters concerning which they are so often 
consulted, and in which it will be considered a shame if they 
are found deficient, and fail to answer intelligently and wisely 
the questions they will be asked. The space which we are 
able to give to the work of Professor Cornevin, we regret to 
say, will not allow of a general review. A critical notice, if 
such a thing were possible, would require to do it justice a 
special amount of technical knowledge and cyclopedic infor¬ 
mation of which we regret to say we are not the possessor. 
But, we can, without hesitation, say that the scheme and exe¬ 
cution of the book has proved it to be an excellent contribu¬ 
tion to veterinary literature. It is full of personal observa¬ 
tions and rules in new theories and original ideas, propounded 
by one who has already earned and obtained in the scientific 
world, by the scope of his researches and possession of pre¬ 
vious labors, a well-merited fame. 
The book is divided into four principal chapters, treating 
in the first on domestic animals in the past and in the present; 
