For the penultimate volume of the series, psychologist Hillman collects essays, lectures, and conversations devoted to specific animals forms, though he admits that the presence of animals to the human psyche permeates all his work, both scientific and fiction. Among the topics why there are two great cats, going bugs, the elephant in The Garden of Eden, and human being as animal being. Most of the pieces have been published previously. Distributed in the US by Continuum. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)