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REVIEWS. 
on the merits of the operation and the conditions favorable to it, 
Dr. Liautard describes the anatomy of the genital organs in the 
cow and mare, and aids the description by plates, giving also 
plates of the instruments used in the various methods. Spaying 
of the sow—bitch are described, but only the lateral operation in 
the latter, no notice being taken of the valuable medium opera¬ 
tion ; the chapter ends with the castration of cocks, accompanied 
by a good plate. The only regret felt by the veterinary reader 
of this well-worded and accurate book, will be that there is not 
more of it, while the farmer and owner of animals will lind it 
interesting reading, and will learn that while castration is a com¬ 
paratively simple operation, it may be attended with great dan¬ 
gers, and that it requires all the care and knowledge that should 
be given to any surgical operation that is always attended with 
danger. Huidekoper. 
ART OF TAMING AND EDUCATING HORSES, by D. Wagner. 
This large volume of over 1,000 pages is divided in a number 
of chapters which treats of the various means by which the edu¬ 
cation of horses, so far as taming and breaking is concerned is 
handsomely treated and presented to the readers in such a man¬ 
ner that after reading them, every one will feel thankful to the 
author for the large amount of information which is collected 
in the first twenty chapters of the book. 
For us veterinarians, however, we cannot but regret that the 
work does not stop there, and we would certainly have consid¬ 
ered it of much greater value had the part which treats of 
diseases and of their treatment been omitted. We have al¬ 
ready too many of those works, k ‘ every man his own horse doc¬ 
tor,” and we too well know of their little value to say any more 
of this new addition. 
Mr. Wagner deserves, however, great credit for the researches 
he must have made to collect the material he offers in his book, 
and though the great majority of the plates which illustrate it 
are reproductions from others, they are so handsomely printed 
that their examination will gratify the most particular. We hope 
