24 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 24

Birds and Beasts. By the Rev. J. G. Wood. (John

F. Shaw.)— It is really impossible to tell whether this book, having no date on the title-page, is old or new. This is not the first time by many that Mr. Wood, whom we are, indeed, always glad to meet, has written about elephants and other animals of various kinds, and it is impossible for any mortal memory to keep every volume dis- tinct. Whatever he writes is sure to be good, marked by some of the interesting details that his large knowledge and minute observation of Nature enable him to introduce.