Lectures on Horses and Stables. By Lieut.-Colonel Fitzwygram, 15th Hussars.
(Smith, Elder, and Co.)—Horse Warranty. By Peter How- den. (Hardwicke.)—These are two books on matters connected with horses, each of which has merits of its own. The Colonel takes a view of his subject that is at once practical and scientific, ascending in every case to first principles, which he expounds in a clear and intel- ligible manner. His book, a continuation of which is promised us, contains much information that cannot fail to be useful to every one who owns a horse. Mr. Howden's small volume is a praiseworthy attempt to lighten the difficulties which beset that most hazardous of transactions, the purchase of a horse. He explains clearly enough the nature and extent of a warranty ; and runs through all the ills that horse-flesh is heir to, specifying, as distinctly as circumstances will allow, whether each is to be regarded as an unsoundness, a blemish, or a vice. He is evidently thoroughly acquainted with his subject ; and a better guide in all matters connected with horse-dealing it would be difficult to find.
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