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subject so that the man in the street can follow him in 

 his beautifully lucid descriptions of the habits of the 

 various strange creatures brought forward for exhibition 

 and examination. Moreover, with the skill of the 

 naturalist, Dr. Renshaw combines, in a remarkable 

 degree, the faculty of the artist in presenting a word- 

 picture of the wild beast in his natural habitat, a 

 description, in fact, from which a clever artist might 

 paint a lifelike picture." Chester Courant. 



"The author has accumulated a large number of 

 scientific and statistical details, and is thoroughly capable 

 of sifting and estimating them at their true value. His 

 studies of such animals as the vanished Quagga and 

 Blaauwbok, and the vanishing white Rhinoceros, as well 

 as of various scarce and little-known species not yet 

 seriously endangered, are well worth notice as full and 

 trustworthy records." Country Gentleman. 



" The author presents us in this volume with a series 01 

 extremely interesting essays on some of the more 

 remarkable mammalian types. . . . Mr. Renshaw writes 

 with an easy grace that lends an additional charm to all 

 that he has to say. Tastefully bound, and well illus- 

 trated, this is a book that should find many friends. "- 

 Knowledge. 



"Mr. Renshaw .... is evidently an omnivorous 

 reader of natural history, and has the gift of compressing 

 a great deal of interesting matter into remarkably small 

 compass. Necessarily the book contains much of a 

 technical character ; but, generally speaking, it is written 

 in a manner which will prove attractive to even the new 

 adventurer into the realms of natural history, and is 

 certainly calculated to stimulate interest in our 

 museums." Manchester City News. 



