EVERY DOG SHOULD HAVE A MAN.

ByCorey Ford ' . New York: Henry Holt &Cos. 1952. 40 pp. $1.00.

Though not a Dartmouth man strictly speaking, Corey Ford ,an honorary member of the Class of '21, seems well behaved and intelligent. His most influential teacher, a bird lover and out-of-doors enthusiast, is Professor Cider English Setter who adopted him when he (Professor Setter) was about six months old and who has been bringing him (Mr. Ford) up more or less successfully ever since.

Because the Scolopax Rusticola1 was not immediately available, Professor Setter got his master's degree on the Philohela Minor,2 though he is best known for his doctoral dissertation on the Aix Sponsa.3 He has done most of his advanced work in zoology, especially among feathered vertebrates.

Corey Ford has lifted Professor Setter's ideas and produced a short book. Every dog should have a man of his own, it begins. "There is nothing like a well-behaved person around the house to spread the dog's blanket for him or bring him his supper when he comes home man-tired at night. Properly trained, a man can be a dog's best friend."

With disarming simplicity Mr. Ford states that he has written this little handbook to bring better understanding among man-lovers everywhere and to teach them how to break a man. It should serve as a guide to other dogs who happen to own friends of Mr. Ford.

Like many learned productions, this booklet is short, about 40 pages of print with photographs of the Professor and his pupil and with drawings by the pupil which must be called pleasantly amateurish rather than scholarly. There are five chapters: 1. Selecting The Man; 2. Housebreaking and Early Training; 3. Further Lessons in Obedience; 4. Some Helpful Hints on Man-Care; 5. Love Me, Love My Man.

This book is obviously a labor of love. In these days when the higher scholarship and the highest pedagogy may not be revered as they were in past centuries, it is pleasant to see one neophyte who delights in sitting at the feet of his young professor and in calling him master.

COREY FORD'- - AND CIDER

1An Old-World limicoline bird. 2 The Americanwoodcock. 3 The wood duck.