31 AUGUST 1889, Page 25

Animals of the Bible. By H. Chichester Hart. Vol. II.

(R.T.S.) —Though great pains have been taken to identify the animals mentioned in Scripture, and many have been identified, yet some seem still able to evade any classification whatsoever. Many of those whose real nature has been determined, are not at all what the names given them by the English translators of the Bible

would lead us to imagine. The spider does not always mean the spider, a species of lizard being sometimes meant. As for the dragon and the unicorn, Mr. Hart says the one is the wolf and the other the wild ox ! Mr. Hart has decidedly made his subject interesting. There is plenty of room yet for investigation.