THE story of Monarch is founded on 

 material gathered from many sources 

 as well as from personal experience, 

 and the <Bear is of necessity a compos- 

 ite. The great Grizzly Monarch, still 

 pacing his prison floor at the Golden 

 Gate 'ParA, is the central fact of the 

 tale. 



In telling it I have taken two lib- 

 erties that I conceive to be proper in a 

 story of this sort. 



First, I have selected for my hero an 

 unusual individual. 



