Note to the Reader 



I have tried to stop the stupid and brutal 

 work of destruction by an appeal — not to 

 reason: that has failed hitherto — but to sym- 

 pathy, and especially the sympathies of the 

 coming generation. 



Men spend millions of dollars each year on 

 pictures. Why not? It is money well spent; 

 good pictures give lasting and elevating plea- 

 sure to all who see them. At the same time 

 men spend much labor and ingenuity in destroy- 

 ing harmless wild animals. No good, but great 

 mischief, comes of this extermination. The 

 main reason for preserving good pictures ap- 

 plies to the preservation of most animals. There 

 will always be wild land not required for settle- 

 ment ; and how can we better use it than by 

 making it a sanctuary for living Wild Things 

 that afford pure pleasure to all who see them? 



E. S. 



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