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REVIEW. 
REVIEW. 
HOUSE BREEDING, by J. W. Sanders, Chicago. 
The most careful of the observers who have watched and ai 
tentively noted the progress which veterinary science has withi 
the past few years achieved in this country, will find that the re 
suits of their discoveries are still imperfect, if they have failed t 
include among the evidences in favor of this advancement, th 
numerous additions which have been made to the English Ian 
guage and literature in terms and phrases relating to veterinar 
science in all its branches and departments. For a long time an* 
down to a very recent period England was looked upon as th* 
home and source of our veterinary literature, and contributec 
through the writings of her Percivail, Blaine, Youatt, Morton 
Spooner, Fleming, Gresswell and others, about all the instructioi 
which found its way into our American libraries. It is true that 
a few additions to this common stock have been made by Ameri 
can authois, but truly also they are but u few and far between,’ 
although owing to the existing lack of energy which characterizes] 
the veterinary writer of America, almost any new book of native 
oiigin relating to the science in any of its special branches woulc 
be neatly certain to secure a warm welcome from seekers aftei 
professional information in matters of veterinary interest where 
soevei it may be found, and more especially if the work shoulcl 
3ss the value of the treatise now calling for notice at our hands. 
like this should prove to be the work of an author thoroughly 
competent to handle the subject he has chosen. 
Hoise Breeding” belongs to the class of books which every 
man ought to possess, and is as well calculated to be the compan¬ 
ion of the veterinarian as that of the mere breeder j and while 
the omission of the fourth chapter would, in our opinion, improve 
the woik, the fact that this is principally made up from sundry 
ai tides from the pen of Prof. Law will, in the opinion of many 
readers, tend largely to enhance the value of the work. The 
author tells us in his preface that his book should not be regarded 
as strictly a veterinary work. He may be correct in this, but still 
