360 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
It is evident that a great deal of labour has been bestowed on 
the preparation of the letter-press, but from the way in which 
the subject-matter is treated we can hardly think that it will 
prove of much utility to those for whom it purports to be 
designed. 
The Irish Wolf-hound. By Captain G. A. Granam, of Rednock, 
Dursley. Printed for the Irish Wolf-hound Club.  8vo, 
pp. 47, with two photographs. Dursley: Whitmore & Son. 
1885. 
Ir has often been asserted that the old race of dog known as 
the Irish Wolf-hound is extinct, but the writer of the present 
essay, who has for years been interested in preserving and 
perpetuating it, confidently believes that there are strains now 
existing which may be traced back more or less clearly to the 
original breed. It also appears tolerably certain that our 
modern Deer-hound is descended from that noble animal, and 
gives a fair idea of his appearance, though inferior to him in 
size and strength. 
A Club has recently been organised, having for its object 
“to promote the more complete recovery of the Irish Wolf- 
hound, and to firmly establish the race by endeavouring to make 
the qualities and type of the breed better known.” With this 
object in view Captain Graham, the Honorary Secretary and 
Treasurer of the Club, has, in the Essay now before us, 
described the points and measurements of a typical dog of this 
breed, and has given some historical notices of it collected from 
a variety of sources. There can be no doubt that, having once 
fixed upon a type or standard to breed up to, based upon an 
accurate knowledge of the characteristic points of the old Wolf- 
hound, with energy and perseverance the race may be entirely 
recovered, an event which we feel certain will meet with the 
approval of all good sportsmen and naturalists. Those of our 
readers who may be disposed to aid the object in view by 
becoming members of the Club should communicate direct with 
the Hon. Sec., whose address is given above. 
