Publisher's Synopsis
In this neat little book Miss Hall has brought together a very considerable amount information regarding important symbols in their Hebrew, Pagan and Christian forms. The matter is so classified that symbols derived from one class of objects are brought together and an excellent alphabetical index permits immediate reference to any desired symbol. The book is, as its title claims, just a glossary. There is no discussion, no expansion, no comparison. The items are arranged under column-headings-country, symbol, signification-and for many of the symbols a single line conveys the entire information. Miss Hall does not go very deeply-has not done so in her own study-but the book will be really useful to many persons, to whom symbols constantly present themselves, but who are ignorant of their meaning. It is easy to pick flaws in our author's geography, spellings and explanations; thus-why is the emblem of Xerxes a Greek symbol, who is F. Delitazch, D. D., why subtility and portentious, and are immortality and longevity the same thing? Every page raises some such question, some pages raise several. But such errors, while unfortunate will not greatly weaken the usefulness of the book to those for whom it is intended.
-The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, Vol. 35
