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cordially recommend this work to the large circle of 

 people whose practical interests it affects. 



Notes on Pet Monkeys and Ho^v to Manage Them, 

 by Arthur Patterson (London : Upcott Gill). It is 

 a sign of the times that we are no longer ashamed 

 of our poorer relations. It is a better sign still, 

 instead of despising them as poor relations are 

 apt to be, when we turn them into pets. A pet 

 monkey establishes a relationship between its owner 

 and itself other than Darwinian. Possibly the 

 introduction of monkeys as pets, may be the 

 means of affording us a more accurate knowledge 



about it — of all sorts of monkey-pets. He tells us a 

 good many amusing stories about them, and writes in 

 such a way that, after reading this little work on pet 

 monkeys, one feels inclined to go and buy one. Nor 

 is Mr. Patterson's book without scientific value, for 

 it contains very accurate and concise descriptions of 

 the Quadrumana in general. To intending keepers of 

 pet monkeys, the author's practical items, how to build 

 a monkey-cage cheaply with all its appendages and 

 utensils, such as the trapeze, pole and barrel, ring and 

 bell, swing looking-glass, feeding-dish, sleeping-box, 

 will be found highly useful. So will his chapters on 



Fig. III. — Cage fur Marmosets, Lemurs, and delicate Monkeys. From Patterson's 



" Notes on Pet Monkeys." 



of our ancestors than we should have otherwise 

 ■obtained. The fact, however, remains certain, whether 

 due to Darwinian theories or not, that monkeys are 

 greater favourites with us now than ever they were 

 before. The« wonderful monkey show at the Alex- 

 andra Palace is proof of the larger interest now being 

 taken in this interesting and varied class of pets. 

 Properly trained and looked after, there is no pet 

 whichjcan be so interesting or amusing as a monkey. 

 In Mr. Patterson's book we have a charming descrip- 

 tion — written as a book like this should be, by a man 

 who knows enough of his subject to be enthusiastic 



"Choice of Monkeys and what Kind to Buy," as 

 well as " Where to buy them, lists of their prices, 

 their diet and general management." Pets are liable 

 to fall ill, so there is a chapter on " Monkey Ailments 

 and How to Cure them." Perhaps they can't be cured 

 and die : if so, Mr. Patterson gives us instructions 

 how to stuff them. 



Haunts of iValiire, by H. W. S. Worsley-Benison 

 (London : Elliot Stock). Mr. Worsley-Benison has 

 followed up the success which his pleasant " Nature's 

 Fairyland " obtained, by this new venture. It is 

 practically a new series of his first work, and is devoted 



