ONE OF THE OLDEST " NATURE DOCTMENTS " FROM THE HAND OF MAX. 

 PREHISTORIC SKETCH OF A MAMMOTH ON A FRACMENT OF IVORY. 



(From L. Reinhardt's work l)cv Mc'ii^c/i ,~ur iLhzcit in I-'urtipa. 



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From the Cave-dweller's Sketch 

 Flashlight Photograph 



to the 



THE mysterious charm oi wild nature, undisturbed, 

 almost untouched, by the hand ol man, the charm 

 inherent in all that I have in mind when I talk oi " the 

 spell ot the Elelescho"- explains the keen and profound 

 interest with which my pictures of animal life were 

 received at home:. 



In these days, when even electricity has been harnessed 

 by men, there is a feeling that the knell has been sounded 



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of all that is wild, be it man or beast. And however 

 unpretending" and inadequate the little pictures might be 

 that I had won from the wilderness, yet all nature-lovers 



ielt that they had here betore them authentic, first-hand 

 records revealing secrets which the: eye ol man had never 

 before looked upon, or had had but scant opportunity lor 

 studying. 



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