J. H. PATTERSON'S 



The Man-Eaters of Tsavo 

 And Other East African Adventures 



With Foreword by Mr. FREDERICK C. SELOUS 



Illustrated, 8vo, $i. 75 net 



" All readers must agree that the whole volume is full of interest and 

 information. The account of how he overcame the many difficulties 

 that confronted him in building his bridge across the Tsavo River 

 makes excellent reading, while the courage he displayed in attacking, 

 single handed, lions, as well as rhinoceroses and other animal foes, 

 was surpassed by his pluck, tact, and determination in quelling a 

 formidable mutiny which once broke out among his native workers." 

 New York Herald. 



" Colonel Patterson's story, marvellous as it is, bears the imprint of ve- 

 racity in the modest, straightforward style in which it is told. Indeed, 

 there never has been a story like it, for it is not merely a hunter's story 

 of the shooting of big game. It is a battle for life in many cases, a 

 battle with the most voracious and cunning of animals, the man-eating 

 lion, with the outcome frequently in doubt. But it is clear that the 

 author tells only what happened, and that is quite enough." Boston 

 Transcript. 



" In the whole of literature there is probably no more amazing lion 

 hunt than that described by Colonel J. H. Patterson in his volume 

 called 'The Man-Eaters of Tsavo.' The book is handsomely illus- 

 trated with snap shots of the East African wilderness and contains an 

 introduction by Mr. Selous vouching for the unvarnished truth of the 

 strange narrative. ... It is a most remarkable collection of true lion 

 stories." Chicago Record- Herald. 



"The story, indeed, is so amazing that the reader might at first suppose 

 it to be exaggerated. But quite apart from the entire absence of artifice 

 in Colonel Patterson's style, which is itself an evidence of truth, an 

 overwhelming amount of independent testimony supports the genuine- 

 ness of all the details." London Spectator. 



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