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A HAPPY FAMILY 



hjtena, tiger, and lions living in amity a remarkable proof of their tamer's power. In 

 the same park at Hamburg, belonging to Herr Hagenbeck, are also bears, dogs, leopards, and 

 pumas, all loose together 



family " groups, or in the 

 performances of various 

 feats ; for this is material 

 toward a better knowl- 

 edge of the mental char- 

 acteristics and powers of 

 the brutes, which is a sub- 

 ject attractive to every 

 thoughtful person, and upon 

 which all the light is needed 

 that can be gained. 



The editor has had em- 

 inent assistance. Mr. F. C. 

 Selous deals with the African 

 Lion and the Elephants, with 

 which he has had thrilling 

 experiences; and other 



sportsmen treat of other game animals of the Dark Continent. To Mr. W. Saville- 



Kent, author of " The Great Barrier Reef, " has been assigned the Marsupials of Australia, 



and also the Reptiles generally. Sir 



Herbert E. Maxwell writes on the Salmon 



family, and so on ; while Dr. Richard 



Lydekker, Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, Mr. F. 



W. Kirby, and other specialists are 



editorial advisers in regard to the 



branches in which they stand as 



authorities. 



Wherever it has not been possible to 



get really good pictures of some shy wild 



creature in its native haunt, living examples 



have been sought in the great Zoological 



Gardens of the world London, Berlin, 



Antwerp, Florence, New York, Calcutta, 



Sydney, etc., or in the parks of American 



men of wealth and European noblemen. 



These have been " posed " as nearly as 



possible in the surroundings natural to 



them, and faithful portraits have been ob- 

 tained. Now and then it was desirable, in 



order to complete a family history, to 



Include portraits of varieties which are not 



ELEPHANTS 



even known in captivity, and here the 



TAis is another of Lord Delamere* s East African photographs, and 

 shows a couplt of wild elephants in the open 



