JUNGLE PEACE 



By WILLIAM BEEBE 



THE BOOK OF THE YEAR 

 FOR THE NATURALIST. 



The work contains " records of extra- 

 ordinary scientific interest, in lan8:uage 

 which has all the charm of an essay of 

 Robert Louis Stevenson. The author tells 

 of bird and beast and plant and insect 

 life of the British Guiana jungle. Whatever 

 he touches he turns into the gold of truth, 

 rightly interpreted and vividly set forth.** 



PRESS COMMENTS. 



"This is a wonderful book— a book of 

 Nature's miracles . . He is the Maeter- 

 linck of open-air science working in the 

 least known of natural wonderlands." 



Morning Post. 



" I should have missed something good if 

 I had never seen * Jungle Peace.' " 



Westminster Gazette. 



"Pictures that linger in the memory as real 

 literary gems."— Scotsman. 



"His narrative sparkles with countless 

 jewels of description."— i^aiVy Graphic. 



" Passion for the scientific study of nature 

 and an eye that nothing escapes are matched 

 by his gift for vivid description."— -A^/ienoBum. 



"Enthralling in its vivid reproduction of 

 some of the most wonderful and little- 

 known scenes in nature."— ^orArs/iire Post. 



Now Ready. 



Illustrated. 



8s. net. 



LONDON: WITHERBY & CO. 



