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is man's duty to know the wild animals truly as they are, in order 

 to enjoy them to the utmost, to utilize them sensibly and fairly, 

 and to give them a square deal." 



The chapters cover the following topics: The Lay of the Land: 

 Wild Animal Temperament and Individuality : The Language of 

 Animals: The Most Intelligent Animals: The Rights of Wild 

 Animals: The Brightest Minds Among Animals: Keen Birds 

 and Dull Men: The Mental Status of the Orang-Outang : The Man- 

 Likeness of the Chimpanzee : The True Mental Status of the Gor- 

 illa: The Mind of the Elephant: The Mental and Moral Traits 

 of Bears: Mental Traits of a Few Rodents: The Mental Traits 

 of Birds: The Wisdom of the Serpent: The Training of Wild 

 Animals: The Morals of Wild Animals: The Laws of the Flocks 

 and Herds: Plays and Pastimes of Wild Animals: Fear as a 

 Ruling Passion: Fighting Among Wild Animals: Wild Animal 

 Criminals and Crime: Fighting with Wild Animals. 



The chapter on The Rights of Wild Animals should have a 

 wide influence. Of the other chapters of the book, it is hard to 

 tell which is the most interesting; perhaps the one on Elephants 

 will captivate more of the general readers than the others. We 

 are sure that we shall always retain a deep personal interest in 

 Alice, the elephant that has a curvature in the brain. We predict 

 that this volume will find its place in every Nature Library as a 

 most valuable and pertinent book of reference on wild animal 

 traits. 



A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region. Elliot R. Downing. 

 328 pp, illustrated. The University of Chicago Press, $3.50> post- 

 paid $3.65. 



Men who act as nature guides for tourists are not uncommon 

 now in our great Western parts, but it has remained for Dr. 

 Downing to write a Nature Guide for the tourists of the Great 

 Lakes; and according to his usual methods he has done exceed- 

 ingly well that which he has undertaken. A glance through the 

 book gives the impression that a great amount of labor is repre- 

 sented on its pages; it is a veritable encyclopedia of the natural 

 world environing the Great Lakes. Much space is given the 

 geologic history of the region and the consequent extension and 

 limitation of the fauna and flora. The chapter headings are as 

 follows: The Changing Face of Nature: The World In the Mak- 



