Farm Live Stock of Great Britain. By Robert Wallace. (Oliver
and Boyd, Edinburgh. 16s. net.)—This work appeared for the first time in 1885; a second edition was published in 1889; a third in 1893; this was reprinted in 1903. The subjects dealt with are cattle—it is interesting to know that in parts of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire they are still bred for the plough and the cart —pigs, horses, and sheep. The last chapter is given to the sheep- dog. Mr. Wallace loyally defends the collie from the charge of uncertain temper. It is a very widely held belief, however, that the ornamental collie, and still more animals in whose breed there is a collie strain, are less trustworthy than others. The book generally is of the greatest value, containing the most recent knowledge of the subject, and exhaustive in its completeness.
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