A PREFACE TO THIS HISTORY 



Thus far there seems to be no volume of regular issue 

 in which there appears even so much as an annual or 

 biennial outline of wild life protection campaigns and their 

 results. The wild life records of periodical literature, as 

 they are found in journals and mazagines, are very elusive 

 and incomplete. 



It would seem that a condensed history of noteworthy 

 events in the wild life cause is bound to be of permanent 

 use and value; and therefore the biennial publication of 

 this inexpensive Statement will be justified. With greater 

 expenditure the volume could contain more history ; but the 

 present exhibit of contemporary records is submitted as a 

 good working hypothesis. 



Each biennial issue of The Statement will be limited to 

 400 copies, of which 50 copies will regularly be deposited 

 in public libraries. Copies will, of course, be regularly fur- 

 nished to all Founders and Subscribers. 



In this fickle and forgetful age it is fast becoming a 

 national tendency for the public quickly to ignore and for- 

 get even the men and women who make large sacrifices for 

 the causes of humanity. We are so feverishly anxious for 

 the New that we are too ready to cast aside and forget the 

 Old. The human mind is like a restless bird that ever seeks 

 a new flower, and flits unsatisfied from stem to stem. 



That so many of the benefactors of today are in danger 

 of being forgotten tomorrow, is not a pleasant thought. 

 We would indeed be glad if we could render the men and 

 women who today are generously making the Permanent 

 Fund, unforgetable by the men and women of tomorrow 

 who will profit by their sacrifices. 



The first step in that direction consists in placing here, 



