ECONOMIST, _March_ 5, 1864.--"The 'Illustrated Horse Management,' by Edward Mayhew, is really a very useful book to all who are concerned with horses, either for pleasure or profit. To English farmers, who may be induced to breed horses, the various points of management which are insisted on by Mr. Mayhew in ample detail have a money value." Wm. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S. W. THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA, And the Manners of the Desert. BY E. DAUMAS, General of the Division Commanding at Bordeaux, Senator, &c., &c. WITH COMMENTARIES BY THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER (Authorized Edition). In 8vo, cloth, price 10s. 6d., by post 11s. 2d. CONTENTS: =Part I.= SOURCES OF INFORMATION. Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader.--Treatise on the Horse. ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE.--Four great epochs; Creation of the horse; Change of coat; Moral qualities of the thorough-bred. THE BARB.--Oneness of the race; Letter from M. Lesseps on the Alexandria races; Weight carried by African horses. Traditional love of the horse; Arab proverbs. Superiority of the horses of the Sahara. BREEDS.--Incontestable purity of the Saharene Barb; Endurance of the Arab; Two varieties of the horse. THE SIRE AND THE DAM.--Mare and foal; Influence of the sire; Purity of race. REARING AND BREAKING IN.--Early training; Elementary Exercises; Names. DIET.--Camel's and ewe's milk; Dates; Green food; Repose and fat injurious to a horse. GROOMING, HYGIENE, PROPORTIONS.--Selection of food and water; How to foretell the size and character of a horse; Ingenious measurements. COATS.--Variety of colours; White spots; Tufts; Favourite coats; Objectionable coats. ON CHOOSING AND PURCHASING HORSES. SHOEING.--Farriers; their privileges and tools; Cold shoeing. THE HARNESS.--The Arab saddle; Advantages of the Arab system. MAXIMS OF THE ARAB CAVALIER.--Endurance; Making the horse a study. Horse-racing among the Arabs. ABD-EL-KADER ON THE ARAB HORSE.--Examples of endurance; Reasons for early training; High price of mares; Identity of the Arab and the Barb; General instructions; Draught horses. THE WAR HORSE.--His form and qualities. =Part II.--The Manners of the Desert.= The Arab horse derives his character from his Arab master. THE SAHARA, BY ABD-EL-KADER. THE RAZZIA.--Three kinds of razzia: the Tehha, the Khrotefa, the Terbigue; Episodes; Popular chaunt; The combat; Circumstantial details. THE KHRIANIA, OR THEFT.--Horse, camel, and sheep stealing; Superstitions. WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES.--Motives; Proclamation of war; Summoning allies; Departure; Amorous intrigues; Thefts; Scouts; Preliminaries of peace; Saharene diplomacy; Conclusion of peace; Hostilities; The eve of battle; Challenges; War cries; The Battle; Defeat; Victory; Anecdotes. Lamentations of an Arab warrior.