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Show LEA AND BLANCHARD'S PUBLICATIONS. YOUATT AND SKINNER'S STANDARD WORK ON THE HORSE. THE HORSE. B Y W I L L I A M Y 0 U A T T. A NEW EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. TOGETHER wtTB A GENERAL HISTORY OP THE HORSE; A DISSERTATION 01'1 THE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE; HOW TRAINED AND JOCKEYED. AN ACCOUNT OF HIS REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES; AND AN ESSAY ON THE ASS AND THE MULE, BY J. S. SKINNER, Assistant Post-Master-General, and Edltor of the Turf Register. This edition of Youatt's well-known and standard work on the Manage. rnent, Diseases, and Treatment of the Horse, has already obtained such a wide circulation throughout the country, that the Publishers need say no. thin~ to attract to it the attention and confidence of all who keep Horses or are mterested in their improvement. 11 In introducing this very neat edition of Youatt's well-known book, on 1 The Horse,' to our readers, it is not necessary, even if we had time, to $ay anything to convince them of its worth i it has been highly spoken of, by those most capable of appreciating its ments, and 1ts appearance under the patronage of the 'Society for tbe Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.' with Lord Brougham at its head, affords a full guaranty for its high character. The book is a very valuable one, and \Ve endorse the recommendation of the editor, that every man who owns the • hair of a horse,' !hould have it at his elbow, to be consulted like a frunily physician, 'for rnitigatmg the dittOTdeTS, and prD> longing the life of the most interesting and useful of ull domestic animals.' "-Farmer's Cabinet. "This celebrated work has been completely revised, and much of it almost entirely re-written by its nble author, who, from bemg a practical veterinary surgeon, and withal a great lover and excellent judge of the animal, is particularly well qualified to \\Tite the history of tl)o noblest of quadrupeds. Mes.;rs. Lea and Blanchard of Philadelphia have republished the abovo wor}j:, omittin' a few of the first pages, and have supplied their place with matter quit~ as valuable, and perh:J.Jl" more interesting to the reader in this cuuntry ; it beil)g nearly 100 pages of a general history of ti)e horse, n dissertation on the American trottin; horse, how trained and jockeyed, aQ. account of his remarkable performances, and an ossay on the Ass and Mule, by J. S. Skmn~r, Esq., Assistant Post. naster-General, and late editor o( the Turf Register arul Americap Farmer. Mr. Skinner ia QQ.B of our most pleasing writers, nnd has been fanuliar with t!w suiJject Q[ the horse from cbLlc.lhood, and we need not odd that he has acquitted himself well of the tll£k. lie also takes up t11e imparl-ant subject, to the American breeder, of the Ass, and the Mule. This he treats at length nnd con amore. The Philadelphia edition of lhe Horse is a handsome octavo, with llUmerOl\.8 wood~Q.ta. "~ .4mencan 4griculturost. |
