The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 NR. ELIOT, in enumerating the con
 tents of his five-foot library 0 aroused howl of protest in some quarters through his omission Of all rel erence to Shakespeare and the Bible. II we remember correctly, he also failed to make mention of that venerated CLASSIC popularly known throughout the rural districts as 'The Horse Book" thereby alienating the sympathy and support of not a few others, who would willingly nave passed over the earlier excisions as a matter of small consequence.
 But just as surely as nature ahhors vacuum, so surely do all things come to those who wait. if they only wait long enough. Emerson declared that there were never more than six men on earth at one time who read Plato understand ingly: yet he observed that an edition Of Plato was always forthcoming for the edification and nourishment of that limited number. If this be so, shall the bucoilc millions be deprived of their natural lit erary ailment? Not if a patriotic Con- gress knows itselfi Consequently, "The Horse Book is shortly to be reprinted. The bill has gone through the House, pro- viding for 100000 cloth-bound copies TO- coo of which are for the use of the IAouse and 3O,O00 for the Senate.
 The earlier editions of this treasured volume have long since been exhausted. Time was when a copy could have been found In, every country home, much conned and delberated over. Its verdicts were final; from it's decisions there was no appeal. There was a colored plate of the noble animal in the front of the book, with his every anatomical part duly labeled and described, from hook to fore lock- Its prestige was supreme and se- cure. Even the Hakerstown Almanac and Dr. Chase's ''Thousand and One Rec- ipes" had to run 'place" in the family library. As it dilated on all the good points of equine flesh, so did it also diff ferentiate in a most marvellous way be- tween the closely related varieties of equine tribulations and failings. If old Bess lay down in the stall and groaned one had only to pull the horse book on her; 1t didn't take more than pair of IIlIuttS tO ucSioC WiSthCi oiS Aie~N s'AS heaves or was foundered, and in two more minutes she had responded to the heroic treatment indicated on page 52 and threat ened to kick the end out of the stable in her eagerness to get at the oats.
 Satisfying as the earlier editions were. Congress proposes to bring the new vol- ume down to date. under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture. This news will undoubtedly be received with additional pleasure in the rural districts. Under his careful censorship, 1t may be accepted as a certainty that the forth coming production will overshadow all it's predecessors. Uncle James knows what the countryman ought to have, and will see that he gets it. At the same time, his long soiourn in the cities will enable him to brighten up it's contents with new and enlivening matter This cannot fail to increase its popularity. Sober reading will do for father, but a few pictures of the kings of the track will not be objectionable to the children, and even the old man might take squint at them--in a wholly professional way, of course; and the reproduction of few poems. such as "Ostler Joe," would help to increase the interest of mother and the girls!