George Jennison (1872-1938) was superintendent of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in Manchester, England, a zoo founded by the Jennison family in 1837 and among the first open to the public.
Packed with a wide variety of authors and texts... Anyone who enjoys poking about in the lesser known corners of antiquity or who wants interesting tidbits with which to enliven a classroom, will enjoy this book immensely. -Classcial Outlook Read Animals for the pleasure of the prose, the careful collection of references in the written sources, and the then-remarkable variety of subjects considered. -Scholia Reviews The interest of the book is copious and varied. -Times Literary Supplement