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was lost in this way at Regent's Park, the victim 

 of its own greed and the indiscriminate attentions 

 of the crowd. A prohibition of such senseless 

 bounty should be posted, and enforced, in every 

 menagerie. 



What in another five years will be the ultimate 

 success of this already wonderful animal park, 

 which lies between Pelham Avenue and East i82nd 

 Street, close to the West Farms terminus of the 

 subway, it is not easy to foretell, but I wish I 

 might see it then. Something will, in the mean- 

 while, be done in the way of serious literature, 

 which should crystallise around the excellent re- 

 search work of the medical staff in charge of New 

 York's most interesting family outside the Four 

 Hundred. Up to the present, the official literature 

 has been popular rather than academic, though Mr 

 Hornaday's hunting experiences and Mr Sanborn's 

 photographs combine to make the Guide more 

 attractive than the majority of such publications, 

 and the periodic Bulletins convey useful and 

 interesting information in popular fashion. The 

 Committee has yet, however, to make some 

 attempt to produce scientific publications like those 

 published by the Zoological Society of London. 

 Our American friends at Bronx know well that 

 such literary traditions do not take root in a day, 

 and they never fail to refer to our Transactions 

 and Proceedings in terms of cordial ad- 

 miration. 



The Zoological Park is free to the public during 

 most of the week, and it would be yet more popular 

 than it is with New York's millions but for the 

 distance which separates it from the Bowery and 



