ple, homely, almost humorous method
of handling a truly scientific subject, characterize the volume.
Nowhere else is so intelligently traced the relation between the
past (fossil history) and the present of the families in this most
important of all animal tribes; nowhere else will be found
explained many curious customs, such as the origin of the habit of
storing winter food, how the opossum came to 'play 'possum,' and
why beavers dam up streams. The book is written from the American
point of view, yet the whole world is covered and the newest
material has been utilized. It would be difficult to find a book
on natural history which could make a stronger appeal to the
reader, old or young, who is interested in natural history than
this volume by Ernest Ingersoll."--_Brooklyn Daily Eagle._

"There is not a page of the whole volume but is full of interest,
and the many splendid photographs of the existing and prehistoric
mammals add greatly to the value of the book. One lays it down
with reluctance and with the feeling that the author has added
largely to the sum of human knowledge."--_Toronto Globe._

"A large and admirable book.... Interesting as fiction,
scientifically exact, simply expressed, this well-prepared volume
will almost literally repeople the earth for many readers. Those
who already love natural history will rejoice in its fascinating
richness of information, while it would be difficult to imagine a
more readable and comprehensive introduction to the numerous big
and little brethren of the woods and fields."--_Chicago
Record-Herald._

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Lieut.-Col. J. H. Patterson's

IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA

_Illustrated Cloth 8vo $2.00 net_

"Nyika merely means wilderness, and its grip is conveyed very
forcefully to the pages of Colonel Patterson's book, which holds
the reader as closely as the Nyika holds those who venture into
it.... Colonel Patterson has a particularly interesting way of
describing things he sees.... The whole volume is filled with
exciting incidents and many illustrations from photographs of odd
animals and queer people."--_Boston Transcript._

THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO AND OTHER EAST AFRICAN ADVENTURES

With Foreword by Mr. Frederick C. Selous